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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The play begins with two figures on the stage , the Fury and the ghost of Tantalus , the founder of the line of Argive kings Pelops , Atreus , Agamemnon , Aegisthus , and Orestes . The Fury forces the Titan's ghost into action ...
The play begins with two figures on the stage , the Fury and the ghost of Tantalus , the founder of the line of Argive kings Pelops , Atreus , Agamemnon , Aegisthus , and Orestes . The Fury forces the Titan's ghost into action ...
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This satire begins by a lament for the departure from earth of Chastity , who followed Astrea to the skies . The coarse but pure old Roman acorn eater and his hill - bred wife , both garbed in skins of wild beasts , were hard but ...
This satire begins by a lament for the departure from earth of Chastity , who followed Astrea to the skies . The coarse but pure old Roman acorn eater and his hill - bred wife , both garbed in skins of wild beasts , were hard but ...
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The fourth day of the ten set aside for pleasure begins cheerfully enough , but the women are then terrorized by a crocodile , and no one is in the mood for pleasure . The fifth day the king repeals his edict demanding universal ...
The fourth day of the ten set aside for pleasure begins cheerfully enough , but the women are then terrorized by a crocodile , and no one is in the mood for pleasure . The fifth day the king repeals his edict demanding universal ...
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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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