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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1 ) , addressed to Maecenas , the poet declares his independence , using the language of the gladiator who has just been discharged , but language which also suggests the helmsman of his own ship , who goes where he pleases .
1 ) , addressed to Maecenas , the poet declares his independence , using the language of the gladiator who has just been discharged , but language which also suggests the helmsman of his own ship , who goes where he pleases .
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Ars Poetica , which is central to Johnson's thinking in Rambler 4 , deals primarily with dramatic art , Comic and Tragic , and is believed to have been addressed to young Piso , who was going to write a play . Drama is also one subject ...
Ars Poetica , which is central to Johnson's thinking in Rambler 4 , deals primarily with dramatic art , Comic and Tragic , and is believed to have been addressed to young Piso , who was going to write a play . Drama is also one subject ...
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In a long epistle addressed to Augustus Caesar , Horace states that in contrast to work which requires skills which they lack , many will write poetry anyway . He decides , however , that this writer's itch is harmless .
In a long epistle addressed to Augustus Caesar , Horace states that in contrast to work which requires skills which they lack , many will write poetry anyway . He decides , however , that this writer's itch is harmless .
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| Title | Motto, Context, Essay: The Classical Background of Samuel Johnson's Rambler and Adventurer Essays |
| Author | Robert C. Olson |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0819142352, 9780819142351 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / Essays |
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