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Author:

Nokes, David.

Title:

Samuel Johnson : a life / David Nokes.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Co.,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xxii, 419 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784.
Authors, English--18th century--Biography.
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
Lexicographers--Great Britain--Biography.
Intellectuals--Great Britain--Biography.

Notes:

"A John Macrae book." "Originally published in Great Britain in 2009 by Faber & Faber"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-397) and index.

Summary:

In this portrait of Samuel Johnson, David Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work. This biography addresses his life and action through the hitherto unexplored perspectives of such major players as Johnson's wife, Tetty; Hester Thrale, in whose household he resided for seventeen years while working on his annotated Shakespeare; and Frances Barber, the black manservant who in many ways was like a son to Johnson. --from publisher description

ISBN:

080508651X
9780805086515

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317928627

LCCN:

2009032522

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)