Samuel Johnson : a biography
Martin, Peter, 1940-2009
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Poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, critic, and wit, Samuel Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature. In this biography, Peter Martin portrays a Johnson wracked by recriminations, self-doubt and depression, a man whose writings constituted rational triumphs against despair.
Main title:
Samuel Johnson : a biography / Peter Martin.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2009.
Collation:
xviii, 522 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780753825921 (pbk)
Dewey class:
828.609
Language:
English
BRN:
616759