Samuel Johnson : among the modernists / edited by Anthony W. Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lee, Anthony W., editor.

Series:

Liverpool scholarship online.

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modernism (Literature)--History and criticism.

Modernism (Literature).

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

Johnson, Samuel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Clemson, SC] : Clemson University Press, 2019.

Summary:

The traditional view of Samuel Johnson has been that of a reactionary conservative. Although many have worked to undermine this stereotype, perhaps enough remains to claim Johnson as a representative of modernity. This book aims to demonstrate that Johnson is a figure of modernity, one with an appeal many modernist writers found irresistible.

Contents:

Introduction: Modernity Johnson? / Anthony W. Lee

Johnson, T. S. Eliot, and the city / Melvyn New

"Saint Samuel of Fleet Street": Johnson and Woolf / Anthony W. Lee

"Intellectually 'Fuori del mondo'": Pound's Johnson / Joe Moffett

The antinomies of progress: Johnson, Conrad, Joyce / Clement Hawes

Johnson goes to war / Jack Lynch

Samuel Beckett and Samuel Johnson: like-minded masters of life's limitations / Thomas M. Curley

The "plexed artistry" of Nabokov and Johnson / Carrie D. Shanafelt

Johnson and Borges-some reflections / Greg Clingham

Borneman's tomorrow is now: thoughts about a lost novel, with glances toward Samuel Johnson and other modernists / Robert G. walker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Jul 2020).

ISBN:

1-78962-929-2

1-942954-67-0