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A bibliography of studies of Samuel Johnson from 1986 to 1998. Dr Lynch records not only writings about Johnson and Boswell but also about a wide variety of related topics. There are nearly 2000 entries, alphabetically arranged for easy access through the indexes.

In the most comprehensive, up-to-date account of the poetry published in Britain between the Restoration and the end of the eighteenth century, a team of leading experts surveys the poetry of the age in all its richness and diversity. They provide a systematic overview, and restore these poetic works to a position of centrality in modern criticism.

An illuminating exploration of reference books through time and across cultures, from the Babylonian code of Hammurabi to Wikipedia"--Front jacket flap.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, the first great English dictionary and one of the most famous books in the English language, appeared in April 1755. To commemorate the 250th anniversary, this volume brings together fourteen original essays by international scholars representing several disciplines: literature, lexicology, linguistics and bibliography. The essays explore familiar and unfamiliar aspects of Johnson's masterpi...

A work of reference on 'the age of Johnson', putting literature in the context of the society that produced it.

A work of reference on 'the age of Johnson', putting literature in the context of the society that produced it.

In the first extended treatment of the debates surrounding public deception in eighteenth-century Britain, Jack Lynch contends that forgery and fraud make explicit the usually unspoken grounds on which Britons made sense of their world. While taking up the critical philosophical questions surrounding fraud, Lynch shows that fakery takes us to the heart of eighteenth-century values as they relate to evidence, perception and memory, the relation...

In this volume, the gothic novel Dracula is examined from a variety of critical viewpoints. Overview essays examine the literary history of the vampire and the critical reception of Stoker's most famous work. Another essay considers Stoker's novel in the context of the waning days of the Victorian era, as the creep of modernity threatened the period's established beliefs and values. Other essays examine the use of sacred rituals within the nov...

This volume brings together some of the high points of the last half-decade of Hawthorne criticism. The essays present a variety of critical viewpoints and an array of critical approaches. Some consider the cultural and historical contexts of Hawthorne's works, while others examine the state of Hawthorne studies through changing critical fashions. Some of the essays look to biographical speculation, some consider Hawthorne's psychology, and ye...

Original essays collectively consider Franklin, his times, and his impact on American culture. One essay examines the culture of 18th century America and the very public figure of Franklin while another considers the difficulties critics have had in painting a complete portrait of Franklin, due in large part to his multifacetedness. The selection of reprinted essays examine the legacy of Franklin, and provide a careful close reading and a thor...

This volume brings together a variety of essays discussing Austen and her work. Original essays offer readers an introduction to Austen by explicating the cultural and time period during which Austen wrote her classic novels and the long history of Austen criticism as well as by offering close readings of two of her novels, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion.

Considered one the English language's most masterful works, Geoffrey Chaucer's series of tales has managed to stay relevant and prominent for more than six hundred years. The essays in this set discuss several individual tales including the The Knight's Tale, the recurring use of irony in The Merchant's Tale, a feminist reading of The Wife of Bath's Tale, the idea of gender and eroticism in The Miller's Tale, and the anti-Semitism and represen...

A collection of original essays celebrating the 250th anniversary of the publication of the Dictionary.

In The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson, Jack Lynch explores eighteenth-century British conceptions of the Renaissance.

In The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson, Jack Lynch explores eighteenth-century British conceptions of the Renaissance.

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