The age of Johnson : a scholarly annual

Author(s)

• Korshin, Paul J.
• Lynch, Jack
• Scanlan, J. T.

Bibliographic Information

The age of Johnson : a scholarly annual

edited by Paul J. Korshin

AMS Press, c1987-

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Note

Editors varies: Vol. 11-: edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch ; vol. 17-: edited by Jack Lynch ; book review editor, J.T. Scanlan

Some issues have error on spine: Vol. 15: number on spine: 14

Height varies: Vol. 14-: 27 cm

"A bibliography of Johnsonian studies, 1986-1997": v. 10, p. 405-511

On spine: v. 11: With cumulative index, volumes 1-10 ; v. 20: With cumulative index to volumes 1-20

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: set ISBN 9780404627508

Description

A collection of essays on the life and works of Samuel Johnson. Essay titles include Samuel Johnson: Mr Rambler and Women, Johnson's Poverty: The Use of Adversity and Dr Johnson's Friend, the Elegant Topham Beauclerk.

Volume

4 ISBN 9780404627546

Description

This volume is the fourth part of a series which brings together papers on the life of Samuel Johnson and the times in which he lived. Topics covered include Johnson and the problem of religious verse, Boswell and "The Beggar's Opera", and Laurence Sterne and literary celebrity in 1760.

Table of Contents

• Johnson's vile melancholy reconsidered, Donald Green
• Johnson and the problem of religious verse, David R. Anderson
• Johnson's view of the Scottish englightenment in "A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland", Karen O'Brien
• Johnson's "Prayers and Meditations" and the "Stolen Diary Problem" - reflections on a biographical quiddity, Greg Clingham
• "He Was Just a Macheath" - Boswell and "The Beggar's Opera"
• "Th' Instructive Moral and Important thought" - Elizabeth Carter Reads Pope, Johnson, and Epicetus, Claudia Thomas
• work and working people in Fielding's novels, Margaret A. Doody
• Laurence Sterne and Literary Celebrity in 1760, Peter M. Briggs
• young Fanny Burney and the Mentor
• an anxiety for influence, Betty Rizzo
• charity sermons and the poor - a rhetoric of compassion, Rita Goldberg
• the example of Edmond Malone -Boswell's "Life of Johnson" and patterns of scholarly and legal prose, J.T. Scanlan
• Vicesimus Knox and the Canon of 18th century literature, Robert W. Uphaus.

Volume

5 ISBN 9780404627553

Description

This is the fifth volume of an annual journal devoted to the study of Johnson and the age in which he lived. It is largely intended for the use of graduate students and mature scholars, but there is some material suitable for undergraduates.

Volume

6 ISBN 9780404627560

Description

This is the sixth volume of an annual journal devoted to the study of Johnson and the age in which he lived. It is largely intended for the use of graduate students and mature scholars, but there is some material suitable for undergraduates.

Volume

7 ISBN 9780404627577

Description

A collection of five essays on the subject of "Samuel Johnson and Jacobitism". The collection consists on an exchange between Howard Erskine Hill and J.C.D. Clark on one side of the topic, and Donald Greene and Thomas Curley on the other.

Volume

8 ISBN 9780404627584

Description

This volume continues the debate began in Volume 7 on Samuel Johnson's ties to Jacobitism, and includes essays covering other issues relating to Johnson. It also includes original documents from 18th-century archives, alongside reviews of recent books on Johnson and related subjects.

Volume

9 ISBN 9780404627591

Description

This text continues the debate on Johnson and Jacobitism with essays by J.C.D. Clark and Howard Erskine-Hill responding to Donald Greene, Thomas Curley and Howard Weinbrot, who reply in turn. Also included is a medical description of Johnson's fatal emphysema and James Basker on Johnson's misogyny.

Volume

10 ISBN 9780404627607

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".

Volume

11 ISBN 9780404627614

Description

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.

Volume

12 ISBN 9780404627621

Description

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".

Table of Contents

Freya Johnston, "Diminutive Observations in Johnson's Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland." Betty Rizzo, "Downing Everybody': Johnson and the Grevilles." Jim Basker, "Intimations of Abolitionism in 1759: Johnson, Hawkesworth, and Oroonoko." Gloria Gross, "In a Fast Coach with a Pretty Woman: Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson." Niall MacKenzie, "Great Affinity in Many Things': Further Evidence for the Jacobite Gloss on 'Swedish Charles.'" Howard Weinbrot, "Johnson and the Jacobite Truffles." Thomas M. Curley, "Johnson and the Irish: A Postcolonial Survey of the Irish Literary Renaissance in Imperial Britain." Arthur Cash, "Sterne, Hall, Libertinism, and A Sentimental Journey." Melvyn New, "Reading Sterne Through Proust and Levinas." Martin Battestin, "Historical Criticism and the Question of Contemporaneity." Jill Campbell, "In Defense of Literature: A Response to Martin C. Battestin." William McCarthy, Review Essay: The Piozzi Letters: Pp. 22. Plus 24 in-depth reviews. Volume Index.

Volume

16 ISBN 9780404627669

Table of Contents

• Anne C. McDermott, ""The Compilation Methods of Johnson's Dictionary""
• Catherine Dille, ""Johnson's Dictionary in the Nineteenth Century: A Legacy in Transition.""
• Michael Karounos, ""Rasselas and the Riddle of the Caves: Setting Eternity in the Hearts of Men""
• Anthony W. Lee, ""Johnson's Symbolic Mentors: Addison, Dryden and Rambler 86""
• Michael Bundock, ""Johnson and Women in Boswell's Life of Johnson""
• Lyle Larsen, ""Joseph Baretti's Fend with Mrs. Thrale""
• Thomas E. Kinsella, ""The Pride of Literature: Arthur Murphy's Essay on Johnson""
• Peter M. Briggs, ""Joseph Addison and the Art of Listening: Birdsong, Italian Opera, and the Music of the English Tongue""
• Niall MacKenzie, ""Eliza Haywood in a 'Scrutinising Age'""
• Adam Rounce, ""'A Clamour Too Loud to Be Distinct': William Warburton's Literary Squabbles""
• Betty Rizzo, ""Lyttelton's Ghosts: An Impassioned Decision""
• Karen junod, ""artists' Lives in Eighteenth-Century Britain: The Strange Case of William Beckford""
• Carolyn Woodward, ""Jane Collien Sarah Fielding, and the Motif of Tormenting""
• Review Essay
• Richard Wendorf, ""Making Sense of Romney""
• Reviews
• Volume 16 also contains more than 20 book reviews plus Index.

Volume

19 ISBN 9780404627690

Table of Contents

• Articles
• Earl A. Reitan, ""Samuel Johnson, the Gentleman's Magazine, and the War of Jenkins' Ear""
• Heather Jackson, ""A General Theory of Fame in the Lives""
• Anthony W. Lee, ""Johnson's Life of Dryden, Rambler 31, and A Letter from a Gentleman to the Honourable Ed. Howard Esq.""
• Julie Crane, ""Johnson and the Art of Interruption""
• Robin Dix, ""Fugitive References to Johnson in Eighteenth-Century Manuscripts""
• Robert Walker, ""Boswell's Use of 'Ogden on Prayer' in Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides""
• Michael F. Suarez, S.J., ""Secular Lessons: Biblical Satire, Parody, Imitation, and Emulation in Eighteenth-Century Chronicles of British Politics""
• David Fairer, ""'Fishes in His Water': Shenstone, Sensibility, and the Ethics of Looking""
• William Gibson, ""Smollett, Goldsmith, Nash and Tobit's Dog: The Biography of a Joke""
• Emily Bowles-Smith, ""Perfect Patterns of Conjugal Love and Duty: George Ballard's Domestic Ideologies in His Lives of Elizabeth Egerton and Margaret Cavendish""
• Brijraj Singh, ""Revisiting Purley: John Horne Tooke's Logocentrism""
• Rebecca Hussey, ""The Sentimental Traveler: Emotion, Movement, and Economy in Sarah Fielding's Adventures of David Simple and Volume the Last""
• Eve Tavor Bannet, ""Immigrant Fictions: Mathew Carey, Susanna Rowson, and Charlotte Temple in Philadelphia""
• Book Reviews
• Index.

Volume

23 ISBN 9780404627737

Description

This volume is the twenty-third part of a series which brings together papers on the life of Samuel Johnson and the times in which he lived.

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Details

• NCID: BA07592739
• ISBN:
  • 9780404627508
  • 040462751X
  • 0404627528
  • 0404627536
  • 0404627544
  • 0404627552
  • 0404627560
  • 0404627579
  • 0404627587
  • 0404627595
  • 0404627609
  • 0404627617
  • 0404627625
  • 0404627633
  • 9780404627645
  • 9780404627652
  • 9780404627669
  • 9780404627676
  • 9780404627683
  • 9780404627690
  • 9780404627706
  • 9780404627713
  • 9780404627720
  • 9780404627737
• LCCN: 85048058
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 24-27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR3533
  • DC22 : 828.609
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
  • LCSH : Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation Periodicals
  • LCSH : Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Periodicals