Greenwood. Very Good with no dust jacket. Date: 1996. Hardcover. 0313294119 . Exlibrary with usual library markings. ; 483 pages . 1996. Greenwood ISBN 0313294119 9780313294112 [US]

Hardback. New. This is a one-stop aid that will enable students and readers of Johnson to locate almost any fact about him quickly and easily. Samuel Johnson was one of the most important literary figures of the 18th century, which was sometimes known as the Age of Johnson. ISBN 0313294119 9780313294112 [GB]

ISBN10: 0313294119, ISBN13: 9780313294112, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is the first-ever attempt to present all the significant facts about Samuel Johnson in a single volume. The 650 alphabetically arranged entries cover every aspect of Johnson's life, career, and personality. The volume describes each of his works in detail, examining such matters as composition, publication, and reception. It gives up-to-date accounts of his attitude on key themes and concepts and explores his central ideas on literary, moral, political, social, and religious questions. It provides biographies of all persons with whom Johnson had any sort of real contact and gives a detailed picture of the Club and its members. This is a one-stop aid that will enable students and readers of Johnson to locate almost any fact about him quickly and easily.Samuel Johnson was one of the most important literary figures of the 18th century, which was sometimes known as the Age of Johnson. He authored a pioneering dictionary of the English language, edited Shakespeare, composed poetry and drama, and wrote numerous prose works on moral, philosophical, religious, political, and domestic concerns. Immortalized through Boswell's biography, he is as well-known for his traits and habits (including his witty and combative manner of conversation) as for his prodigious achievements in the world of letters. This encyclopedia is ...
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Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, Date: 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Very good+/No dust jacket. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. First edition. Signed by the author. 483 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Very minor shelfwear; previous ownerÕs bookplate to inside front wrapper; very minor foxing to preliminaries; else, no other noticeable damage or flaws; interior tight, clean and bright; a very nice copy. Very good+/No dust jacket. 1996. Greenwood Press ISBN 0313294119 US