Domestick privacies : Samuel Johnson and the art of biography / edited by David Wheeler ; contributors, James L. Battersby [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wheeler, David, 1950- editor.

Battersby, James L., contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biography as a literary form.

Poets, English--Biography--History and criticism.

Poets, English.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Criticism and interpretation.

Johnson, Samuel.

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Lives of the English poets.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biography was Samuel Johnson's favorite among literary genres, and his Lives of the Poets is often regarded as the capstone of his career. The central place of biography in his oeuvre is explored in this collection of nine original essays by leading Johnson scholars. Varied in their focus and approach, the essays range from a philosophical overview of Johnson's notion of the relation between life and art, to a detailed reading of the Life of Milton, to a speculation on the value of the Lives in the classroom.Emerging clearly in the essays are the dual concerns -- artistic and intellectual -

Contents:

Introduction, the uses of Johnson's biographies / David Wheeler

Johnson's beginnings / Lawrence Lipking

Life, art, and the Lives of the poets / James L. Battersby

Dr. Johnson's solemn response to beneficence / John A. Dussinger

Johnson's portraits of Charles XII of Sweden / James Gray

Johnson, Imlac, and biographical thinking / Catherine N. Parke

The contexts and motives of Johnson's Life of Milton / Stephen Fix

Johnson's Lives and modern students / William R. Siebenschuh

Johnson and biography / Michael Stuprich.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. [167]-184.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813159164

0813159164

OCLC:

568759765