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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... R58 ) ; both advocate the golden mean ( odes II , 10 ; R38 and Odes III , 25 ; R195 ) ; and both attack parental tyranny Odes III , 2 ; R48 ) . other cases , Johnson either disagrees with Horace or snatches a bit of one of his poems ...
... R58 ) ; both advocate the golden mean ( odes II , 10 ; R38 and Odes III , 25 ; R195 ) ; and both attack parental tyranny Odes III , 2 ; R48 ) . other cases , Johnson either disagrees with Horace or snatches a bit of one of his poems ...
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Johnson means in Rambler 36 to discuss pastoral poetry as a genre , and uses a line and a half out of Homer as a simple pastoral scene , with shepherds and their flocks . Ramblers 36 and 37 are devoted entirely to a discussion of ...
Johnson means in Rambler 36 to discuss pastoral poetry as a genre , and uses a line and a half out of Homer as a simple pastoral scene , with shepherds and their flocks . Ramblers 36 and 37 are devoted entirely to a discussion of ...
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Whosoever prizes the golden mean is safe . He avoids the foulness of a shabby house ; but being sober , he will not have a mansion which arouses envy . The man within the golden mean , Who can his boldest wish contain , Securely views ...
Whosoever prizes the golden mean is safe . He avoids the foulness of a shabby house ; but being sober , he will not have a mansion which arouses envy . The man within the golden mean , Who can his boldest wish contain , Securely views ...
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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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