British Writers: Retrospective supplement IJay Parini This supplement reflects the newest scholarship on some of the most important figures featured in the original British Writers set. Twenty brand new articles, all written by scholars, provide a fresh look at writers such as Chaucer, William Blake, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Joseph Conrad and many others. |
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... SAMUEL JOHNSON WAS born in Lichfield , England , near the city of Birmingham , on 7 September 1709 . He was the son of Michael Johnson , a fifty - two- year - old bookseller , and his forty ... SAMUEL JOHNSON SAMUEL JOHNSON / Adam Potkay.
... SAMUEL JOHNSON WAS born in Lichfield , England , near the city of Birmingham , on 7 September 1709 . He was the son of Michael Johnson , a fifty - two- year - old bookseller , and his forty ... SAMUEL JOHNSON SAMUEL JOHNSON / Adam Potkay.
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... Johnson had puckishly defined " oats " as " a grain , which in England is generally given to horses , but in Scotland supports the people " ) . Boswell re - creates their meeting : At last , on Monday the 16th of May , 145 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... Johnson had puckishly defined " oats " as " a grain , which in England is generally given to horses , but in Scotland supports the people " ) . Boswell re - creates their meeting : At last , on Monday the 16th of May , 145 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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... 2001 ) . VI . INTERNET RESOURCES . Jack Lynch maintains an updated bibliography of Johnson studies at http : // andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Johnson/ . THAT WE KNOW anything at all of Ben Jonson's childhood 150 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
... 2001 ) . VI . INTERNET RESOURCES . Jack Lynch maintains an updated bibliography of Johnson studies at http : // andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Johnson/ . THAT WE KNOW anything at all of Ben Jonson's childhood 150 SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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Contents | xi |
List of Contributors | lix |
SAMUEL BECKETT Lydia Rainford | 17 |
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