University Press Copublishing Division / University of Delaware Press
Pages: 282
Trim: 6¼ x 9¾
978-1-61149-678-9 • Hardback • October 2018 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
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Anthony W. Lee has taught at a number of colleges and universities, including the University of Arkansas, Kentucky Wesleyan College, the University of the District of Columbia, and the University of Maryland University College, where he also served as director of the English and Humanities Program. He is currently a Visiting Lecturer at Arkansas Tech University.
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Short Titles
Preface
I. Re-Reading Specific Texts
1. The Values of Annotation: Reading Johnson Reading Shakespeare
Lynda Mugglestone
2. No Poem an Island: Utopian Intertextuality in London, A Poem
Anthony W. Lee
3. “Pleasure or Weariness”: Additions to and Exclusions from the Lives of the Poets
Adam Rounce
4. Dr. Johnson at Prayer: Consolation Philosophy in The Prayers and Meditations
Katherine Kickel
5. Samuel Johnson and Taxation No Tyranny: “I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.”
Thomas Curley
II. Re-Mapping Larger Themes and Issues
6. Sustainability Johnson
John Sitter
7. Samuel Johnson as Heterodox Critic and Poet
John Richetti
8. Playing Rough: Johnson and Children
Greg Clingham
9. Samuel Johnson and Autobiography: Reflection, Ambivalence, and “Split Intentionality”
Steven Scherwatzky
10. Considering Johnson’s “Nose of the Mind” and Mind’s Nose: Olfaction Deployed and Suppressed in the “Age of Johnson”
Emily C. Friedman
11. “Try to Resolve Again”: Johnson and the Written Art of Everyday Life
Paul Tankard
Bibliography
Biographical List of Contributors
Index