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Author:

Meyers, Jeffrey.

Title:

Samuel Johnson : the struggle / Jeffrey Meyers.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xiv, 528 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-509) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The struggle -- Lichfield lad, 1709-1728 -- Vile melancholy, 1728-1730 -- Preposterous union, 1730-1736 -- Benevolent giant, 1737 -- Grub street, 1737 -- London observed, 1737-1739 -- Politics and passion, 1739-1744 -- Doom of man, 1745-1749 -- Greatest genius, 1750-1752 -- Intellectual entertainments, 1752-1754 -- Sluggish resolution, 1755-1758 -- Dangerous imagination, 1759-1762 -- Society of the afflicted, 1762-1763 -- Contagion of desire, 1763-1764 -- Bandying civilities, 1765-1772 -- Domestick pleasures, 1765-1772 -- Mind diseased, 1765-1772 -- Savage clans, 1772-1777 -- Enchain the heart, 1778-1781 -- Lacerated friendship, 1781-1783 -- The night cometh, 1783-1784 -- Epilogue: Johnson's influence.

ISBN:

0465045715
9780465045716

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191926032

LCCN:

2008012302

Locations:

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

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)