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"Few authors benefit from being set in their contemporary context more than Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson in Context is a guide to his world, offering readers a comprehensive account of eighteenth-century life and culture as it relates to his work. Short, lively and eminently readable chapters illuminate not only Johnson's own life, writings and career, but the literary, critical, journalistic, social, political, scientific, artistic, medical and financial contexts in which his works came into being. Written by leading experts in Johnson and in eighteenth-century studies, these chapters offer both depth and range of information and suggestions for further study and research. Richly illustrated, with a chronology of Johnson's life and works and an extensive bibliography, this book is a major new work of reference on eighteenth-century culture and the age of Johnson"-- Cover; SAMUEL JOHNSON IN CONTEXT; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Chronology; Abbreviations; PART I: Life and works; CHAPTER 1 Life; EARLY LIFE; ARRIVAL IN LONDON; DICTIONARY JOHNSON AND BEREAVEMENT; THE 1760S AND 1770S; HEALTH; FINAL DAYS; BIOGRAPHIES; NOTE; CHAPTER 2 Publication history; EARLY YEARS; BY NECESSITY AN AUTHOR; STARVED TO DEATH IN TRANSLATING FOR BOOKSELLERS; THE DICTIONARY, VANITY, AND THE PERIODICAL ESSAYS; THE LITERARY MAGAZINE, SHAKESPEARE, AND RASSELAS; LATE WORKS; NOTES; CHAPTER 3 Correspondence; NO INTELLIGENCE IS COMMUNICATED.
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