Samuel Johnson : a life
Nokes, David
Samuel Johnson : a life / David Nokes - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt and Co. , c2010. - xxii, 419 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
"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.
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
9780805086515
2009032522
Johnson, Samuel , 1709-1784
Authors, English---18th century----Biography
Lexicographers---Great Britain----Biography
Intellectuals----Great Britain----Biography
Great Britain---Intellectual life
PR3533 / .N55 2010
92 JOH
Samuel Johnson : a life / David Nokes - 1st ed. - New York : Henry Holt and Co. , c2010. - xxii, 419 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
"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.
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
9780805086515
2009032522
Johnson, Samuel , 1709-1784
Authors, English---18th century----Biography
Lexicographers---Great Britain----Biography
Intellectuals----Great Britain----Biography
Great Britain---Intellectual life
PR3533 / .N55 2010
92 JOH
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