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The life of Samuel Johnson : a critical biography

Although Samuel Johnson succeeded in becoming one of the leading literary figures of his age, he always suffered from a heightened sense of failure. In this account of his life, DeMaria describes his subject in terms of Johnson's own personal and professional hopes for himself.
eBook, English, 1993
Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 1993
Biographie
1 online resource (xviii, 356 pages : illustrations).
1150207478
Lichfield
Oxford and Birmingham
Irene
London
Early biographical writings
Miscellaneous prose
The Harleian library
Johnson's Dictionary
The vanity of human wishes
The Rambler
Sermons
The Adventurer
The Literary magazine
The Idler
Rasselas
Shakespeare
Lectures on English law
Late political writings
A journey to the western islands of Scotland
The Lives of the poets
Final years
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