Author: George ANSON (Baron Anson.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740, 1, 2, 3, 4. [An Abridgment.]
Author: George ANSON (Baron Anson.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Samuel Johnson and the Sense of History
Author: John A. Vance
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820333778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
No area of Johnsonian studies has been less appreciated and more misunderstood than Johnson's response to history. Popular notions to the effect that he was insensitive to history have discouraged scholars and critics from discovering the role history played in his thinking. In this first book-length investigation of the subject, John A. Vance concludes that few misconceptions about Samuel Johnson have been so glaring as his supposed dislike of history. More specifically, in separate chapters Vance examines the development of Johnson's historical sense--from his readings, heritage, and travels to historical sites; Johnson's recall and use of historical figures and events, most notably the seventeenth-century attitude toward the most maligned member of the historical family, antiquarianism. The author also devotes two chapters to Johnson's historical writings--that is, those works in which he either incorporates history into his critical, biographical, and political discussions or those in which he clearly assumes the role of historian himself. Vance furthermore considers Johnson's views on historical facts, educative and moral history, the broadening scope of historical investigation, the nature of historical truth and skepticism, historical research, historical causation, and the historian's style.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820333778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
No area of Johnsonian studies has been less appreciated and more misunderstood than Johnson's response to history. Popular notions to the effect that he was insensitive to history have discouraged scholars and critics from discovering the role history played in his thinking. In this first book-length investigation of the subject, John A. Vance concludes that few misconceptions about Samuel Johnson have been so glaring as his supposed dislike of history. More specifically, in separate chapters Vance examines the development of Johnson's historical sense--from his readings, heritage, and travels to historical sites; Johnson's recall and use of historical figures and events, most notably the seventeenth-century attitude toward the most maligned member of the historical family, antiquarianism. The author also devotes two chapters to Johnson's historical writings--that is, those works in which he either incorporates history into his critical, biographical, and political discussions or those in which he clearly assumes the role of historian himself. Vance furthermore considers Johnson's views on historical facts, educative and moral history, the broadening scope of historical investigation, the nature of historical truth and skepticism, historical research, historical causation, and the historian's style.
An Abridgment of the History of the Great Plague in London, in the Year 1665. By a citizen, who lived the whole time in London. [Abridged from Daniel Defoe's "A Journal of the Plague Year."] Together with an account of the fire in 1666; from the Memoirs of Evelyn. A new edition
Author: London
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Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Maggs Bros
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
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Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century;
Author: John Nichols
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century
Author: John Nichols
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108074081
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 751
Book Description
This nine-volume work, published 1812-15, provides biographical notes on publishers, writers and artists of the eighteenth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108074081
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 751
Book Description
This nine-volume work, published 1812-15, provides biographical notes on publishers, writers and artists of the eighteenth century.
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Annals of Mr. Bowyer's press 1732 to 1765. Essays and illustrations
Author: John Nichols
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 752
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The Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium
Author: Charles Rollin
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Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Category : Rome
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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