Reading Samuel Johnson

Reading Samuel Johnson
Author: Phil Jones
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2023-11-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1835536565

This book examines how Samuel Johnson was assimilated by later writers, ranging from James Boswell to Samuel Beckett. It is as much about these writers as Johnson himself, showing how they found their own space, in part, through their response to Johnson, which helped shape their writing and view of contemporary literature.