The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson by Greg Clingham (English) Hardcov

Description: The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson by Greg Clingham Invaluable for students, scholars, and general readers, this new Companion is deeply informed and appealingly written, offering fresh insight into Johnsons engagement with eighteenth-century literature, society, politics, and culture and revealing the surprising contemporaneity of his thinking about social justice, slavery, gender, and disability. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Students, scholars, and general readers alike will find the New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson deeply informed and appealingly written. Each newly commissioned chapter explores aspects of Johnsons writing and thought, including his ethical grasp of life, his views of language, the roots of his ideas in Renaissance humanism, and his skeptical-humane style. Among the themes engaged are history, disability, gender, politics, race, slavery, Johnsons representation in art, and the significance of the Yale Edition. Works discussed include Johnsons poetry and fiction, his moral essays and political tracts, his Shakespeare edition and Dictionary, and his critical, biographical, and travel writing. A narrated Further Reading provides an informative guide to the study of Johnson, and a substantial Introduction highlights how his literary practice, philosophical values, and life experience provide a challenge to readers new and established. Through fresh, integrated insights, this authoritative guide reveals the surprising contemporaneity of Johnsons thought. Author Biography Greg Clingham is emeritus Professor of English at Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, and a Life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of fourteen books and numerous essays on Johnson, Dryden, Boswell, Lady Anne Barnard, Sir George Macartney, memory, historiography, orientalism, translation, archives, and the history of the book. He has been awarded fellowships by the NEH, ASECS, the Houghton Library, Harvard, the Beinecke Library, Yale, St. Edmunds College, Cambridge, the Bogliasco Foundation, and St. Andrews University. Between 1996 and 2018 Dr Clingham was director of Bucknell University Press. Presently he is editor of the series 18th-Century Moments. Dr Clinghams contribution to eighteenth century studies is recognised in A Clubbable Man: Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture in Honor of Greg Clingham (2022). Table of Contents Introduction: contemporary Johnson Greg Clingham; 1. Johnson, ethics, and living Min Wild; 2. Johnson and the essay Philip Smallwood; 3. Johnson and Renaissance humanism Anthony W. Lee; 4. Johnson and language Lynda Mugglestone; 5. Johnson and British historiography Martine W. Brownley; 6. Johnson and fiction Freya Johnston; 7. Johnson and gender Samara Anne Cahill; 8. Johnson, race, and slavery Nicholas Hudson; 9. Johnsons politics Clement Hawes; 10. Johnsons poetry John Richetti; 11. Johnsons editions of Shakespeare Tom Mason; 12. Johnsons Lives of the Poets: a guided tour Fred Parker; 13. Johnson as biographer Leo Damrosch; 14. Johnson and travel Anne M. Thell; 15. Johnson and disability Paul Kelleher; 16. Representing Johnson in life and after Heather McPherson; 17. Johnson among the scholars Robert De Maria, Jr. Review This book functions not as a replacement of but as a companion to the 1997 publication. It is an excellent way to introduce newcomers to Johnsonian scholarship, and a useful way for old hands to catch up on current conversations. The contributions are all well focused and clearly written, making the collection accessible to undergraduates as well as professionals. ... Highly recommended. J. T. Lynch, Choice Promotional Deeply informed and accessible, this Companion unveils Johnsons strikingly progressive engagement in literature, politics, and society. Promotional "Headline" Deeply informed and accessible, this Companion unveils Johnsons strikingly progressive engagement in literature, politics, and society. Details ISBN1108832822 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Companions to Literature Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1108832822 ISBN-13 9781108832823 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2022-09-29 AU Release Date 2022-09-29 NZ Release Date 2022-09-29 UK Release Date 2022-09-29 Pages 275 Author Greg Clingham Edited by Greg Clingham Alternative 9781108965781 DEWEY 828.609 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168636431;

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