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A biographer at work : Samuel Johnson's notes for the "Life of Pope" / Harriet Kirkley.
Van Pelt Library PR3633.J63 K57 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirkley, Harriet, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Life of Pope.
- Johnson, Samuel.
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
- Poets, English--Biography--History and criticism.
- Poets, English.
- Poets, English--Biography.
- Biography as a literary form.
- Physical Description:
- 279 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lewisburg [Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; London : Associated University Presses, [2002]
- Contents:
- 2. Dating the Notes and Manuscript: A Problematic 21
- 3. Johnson's Source Texts and Methods of Noting 29
- 4. Editorial Principles 46
- 5. Legend, Text, Annotations 48
- 6. Johnson as Reader: Linearity 163
- 7. The Problem of Pope's Letters 191
- 8. Toward a New Biography of Pope 210
- 9. Constructing Pope's Character 234
- Appendix to the Edition: The Dyce MS notes: A Transcription 252.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0838755070
- OCLC:
- 48469126
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