Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer EssaysA helpful reference guide to the mottoes of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer periodical essays. The author provides the context for each motto Johnson selected and relates the context to the content of the essay to which the motto is affixed. Provides a unique insight into Johnson's way of thinking as as essayist in a specific and detailed fashion. An invaluable aid to students and scholars of Johnson and 18th-century studies in general. |
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... Horace while changing the subject of the irony . Horace's fearful Chloe clings to her mother because she is afraid of lustful men , while Johnson's Anthea fears nothing but dozens of trifles like getting caught in the rain ( Odes I , 23 ...
... Horace while changing the subject of the irony . Horace's fearful Chloe clings to her mother because she is afraid of lustful men , while Johnson's Anthea fears nothing but dozens of trifles like getting caught in the rain ( Odes I , 23 ...
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... Horace's Epis- tles upon Johnson's mind . Johnson's originality lies in his power to use the images and ideas of his prede- cessors for his own purposes . In Johnson's younger days , Alexander Pope had written whole poems in imitation ...
... Horace's Epis- tles upon Johnson's mind . Johnson's originality lies in his power to use the images and ideas of his prede- cessors for his own purposes . In Johnson's younger days , Alexander Pope had written whole poems in imitation ...
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... Horace's poem , even when irony pervades it . Most of the mot- toes used are from Book I of the Satires , and Horace , if he assumes a mask at all , assumes the satiric one , a character close to what he is supposed to be , given the ...
... Horace's poem , even when irony pervades it . Most of the mot- toes used are from Book I of the Satires , and Horace , if he assumes a mask at all , assumes the satiric one , a character close to what he is supposed to be , given the ...
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