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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)
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