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This volume is the twelfth part of a series which brings together papers on the life of Samuel Johnson and the times in which he lived. Essays include "Diminutive Observations in Johnson's 'Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland'" and "Johnson and the Jacobite Truffles".

The eleventh volume of an annual journal devoted to the study of Samuel Johnson and the age in which he lived. It begins with a symposium on Johnson and poverty, covering his attitude towards poor people. There is also an essay which summarizes the evidence on Johnson's supposed Jacobitism.

Product Description: Volume 10 of this annual compilation of 18th-century English literary scholarship includes Jack Lynch's updating of the standard bibliography of Johnsonian studies by James L. Clifford and Donald Greene. Other essays on Johnson and his circle include Nagashima's study of Johnson's "Dictionary"...read more

Product Description: Essays on Johnsonian studies 200 years after his death.