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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By Samuel Johnson's time , literary critics for several centuries had taken Ars Poetica very seriously . It was regarded by numerous intellectuals all over western Europe as the single most important guide available for writing and ...
By Samuel Johnson's time , literary critics for several centuries had taken Ars Poetica very seriously . It was regarded by numerous intellectuals all over western Europe as the single most important guide available for writing and ...
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Criticism judged fairly by this light for some ages , but then withdrew from earth , and left Flattery and Malevolence as the judges of literary works . Malevolence carried a torch furnished by the Furies .
Criticism judged fairly by this light for some ages , but then withdrew from earth , and left Flattery and Malevolence as the judges of literary works . Malevolence carried a torch furnished by the Furies .
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Johnson used quite a few Horatian mottoes for essays on literary criticism , along with those he used for a variety of essays and letters . Almost all Juvenalian mottoes , on the other hand , are used for moral essays .
Johnson used quite a few Horatian mottoes for essays on literary criticism , along with those he used for a variety of essays and letters . Almost all Juvenalian mottoes , on the other hand , are used for moral essays .
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