2008, ISBN: 0297607197

[EAN: 9780297607199], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London], SAMUEL JOHNSON ILLUST BIOGRAPHY LITERATURE DIARIST, Jacket, This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound i… Plus…

[EAN: 9780297607199], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London], SAMUEL JOHNSON ILLUST BIOGRAPHY LITERATURE DIARIST, Jacket, This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in mint condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, critic, conversationalist and wit, Dr Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature, perhaps the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare. Our view of Johnson has been overwhelmingly shaped by James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, published in 1791, the most famous biography in the English language. But invaluable as Boswell is as a source, he should not be the last word. This new biography illuminates the Johnson that Boswell never knew: the awkward youth, the unsuccessful schoolmaster, the eccentric marriage, his early years in London in the 1740s scratching a living, the epic struggle to produce the Dictionary. Very much the outsider, rather than the supremely confident dispenser of robust common sense. Using material unknown to previous biographers, Peter Martin describes the psychological knife-edge on which Johnson felt he lived, caused by his severe melancholia and his physical diseases. He explores Johnson's role in the publishing and printing world of the time and he reveals how important women were to Johnson throughout his life. The Samuel Johnson that emerges from this enthralling biography is still the foremost figure of his age but a more rebellious, unpredictable and sympathetic figure than the one that Boswell so memorably portrayed. Ref Y7, Books<

2008, ISBN: 0297607197

[EAN: 9780297607199], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.09], [PU: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London], PETER MARTIN SAMUEL JOHNSON A BIOGRAPHY, Poet, essayist, biographer, le… Plus…

[EAN: 9780297607199], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.09], [PU: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom, London], PETER MARTIN SAMUEL JOHNSON A BIOGRAPHY, Poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, critic, conversationalist and wit, Dr Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature, perhaps the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare. Our view of Johnson has been overwhelmingly shaped by James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, published in 1791, the most famous biography in the English language. But invaluable as Boswell is as a source, he should not be the last word. This new biography illuminates the Johnson that Boswell never knew: the awkward youth, the unsuccessful schoolmaster, the eccentric marriage, his early years in London in the 1740s scratching a living, the epic struggle to produce the Dictionary. Very much the outsider, rather than the supremely confident dispenser of robust common sense. Using material unknown to previous biographers, Peter Martin describes the psychological knife-edge on which Johnson felt he lived, caused by his severe melancholia and his physical diseases. He explores Johnson's role in the publishing and printing world of the time and he reveals how important women were to Johnson throughout his life. The Samuel Johnson that emerges from this enthralling biography is still the foremost figure of his age but a more rebellious, unpredictable and sympathetic figure than the one that Boswell so memorably portrayed. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2008, ISBN: 0297607197

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[EAN: 9780297607199], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK], SAMUEL JOHNSON. BIOGRAPHY., Jacket, Bewigged, muscular and for his day unusually tall, adorned in soi… Plus…

[EAN: 9780297607199], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK], SAMUEL JOHNSON. BIOGRAPHY., Jacket, Bewigged, muscular and for his day unusually tall, adorned in soiled, rumpled clothes, beset by involuntary tics, opinionated, powered in his conversation by a prodigious memory and intellect, Samuel Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature, perhaps the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare. The boards, binding and text block are tight and square, the dust jacket has rippling and creasing along its top edge. Book price includes 2nd class postage UK only., Books<

2008, ISBN: 9780297607199

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UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bewigged, muscular and for his day unusually tall, adorned in soiled, rumpled clothes, … Plus…

UK: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bewigged, muscular and for his day unusually tall, adorned in soiled, rumpled clothes, beset by involuntary tics, opinionated, powered in his conversation by a prodigious memory and intellect, Samuel Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature, perhaps the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare. The boards, binding and text block are tight and square, the dust jacket has rippling and creasing along its top edge. Book price includes 2nd class postage UK only.., Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008, 3<