Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property

Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 254
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781139426398
ISBN-13 : 1139426397
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property by : Kevin Hart

Download or read book Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property written by Kevin Hart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson. Through detailed analyses of the biographers, critics and epigones who carefully crafted and preserved Johnson's life for posterity, Hart explores the emergence of what came to be called 'The Age of Johnson'. Hart shows how late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Britain experienced the emergence and consolidation of a rich and diverse culture of property. In dedicating himself to Johnson's death, Hart argues, James Boswell turned his friend into a monument, a piece of public property. Through subtle analyses of copyright, forgery and heritage in eighteenth-century life, this study traces the emergence of competing forms of cultural property: a Hanoverian politics of property engages a Jacobite politics of land. Kevin Hart places Samuel Johnson within this rich cultural context, demonstrating how Johnson came to occupy a place at the heart of the English literary canon.


Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property Related Books

Samuel Johnson and the Culture of Property
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: Kevin Hart
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-09-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson. Through detailed analyses of the biographers, critics and epigones who carefully cr
Reading Samuel Johnson
Language: en
Pages: 183
Authors: Phil Jones
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-11-15 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book examines how Samuel Johnson was assimilated by later writers, ranging from James Boswell to Samuel Beckett. It is as much about these writers as Johns
Johnson's Critical Presence
Language: en
Pages: 191
Authors: Philip Smallwood
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-05 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Johnson's Critical Presence demonstrates how Johnson's criticism has for long been divided from the issues of modern criticism by historical narratives that hav
Johnson, Writing, and Memory
Language: en
Pages: 238
Authors: Greg Clingham
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-05 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Examines Johnson's writing in relation to eighteenth-century thought on literature, history, fiction and law.
Samuel Johnson
Language: en
Pages: 120
Authors: Liz Bellamy
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Liverpool University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book explores contemporary anxieties over language and genre in Johnson's literature.