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Title: A Johnson Sampler by Samuel Johnson, Henry Darcy Curwen ISBN: 1-56792-130-2 Publisher: David R Godine Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thoughts and expression; not just the quick quips.
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I am so glad that this book is finally back in print. For many people, their exposure to Samuel Johnson is limited to the short witticisms, or the one line quotations in Bartlett's. There have been noteworthy efforts to go beyond this (and Stephen Daenckert's "The Quotable Johnson" is a good step in that direction, though of somewhat limited scope), but for me Curwen's "Johnson Sampler" is one of the best. (I'm partial to my web site, samueljohnson.com, but that's another story...)
Here's what Curwen does that is special. First, he doesn't hesitate to quote an entire paragraph or more when appropriate. In doing that, you're open to a specific train of thought; if the criterion were brevity, you'd never have seen Johnson's thinking. Second, Curwen arranges these into a dozen or so thematically-based chapters of 15-30 pages. This collation allows you to compare Johnson's thinking about specific subjects over time and in different lights.
The chapters are the major themes one finds when one spends a lot of time reading Johnson: reading & writing, teaching & learning, man as a social animal, etc. All in all, I think this is a handy volume to have.
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Title: Leaning Tower Of Babel (Common Reader Editions) by Richard Mitchell, Richard Mitchell ISBN: 1585790036 Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Now We Are Sixty by Christopher Matthew ISBN: 0670030473 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 27 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Shakespeare Is Hard, but So Is Life: A Radical Guide to Shakespearian Tragedy by Fintan O'Toole ISBN: 186207528X Publisher: Granta Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville West ISBN: 0786709839 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 10 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Waugh Abroad : The Collected Travel Writing by Evelyn Waugh, Nicholas Shakespeare ISBN: 1400040760 Publisher: Unknown Publisher - Being Researched Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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