Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets Ethical Literary Criticism

This open access book seeks to explain how the literary commentary of the Lives of the Poets speaks to us today because of its ethical goals. Edward Tomarken elucidates this element of Johnson’s literary criticism by using Ralph Cohen’s genre method, the topic of Chapter One, “Why Genre”. Chapters t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tomarken, Edward L. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland 2024.
Edición:1st ed. 2024.
Colección:Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1: Why Genre
  • Chapter 2: A Literary Critical Tragedy: The Interpretive Turn In The Life Of Savage
  • Chapter 3: Johnson On Metaphysical Poetry And Pastoral: Genre In Relation To Value Judgements And History
  • Chapter 4: Genre Combination And Interpretation: Johnson On Paradise Lost
  • Chapter 5: Genre And Periodization: Macro- And Micro-History In
  • Chapter 6: The Rise Of Literary Criticism As A Genre
  • Chapter 7: Life And Literature
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion.