Samuel Johnson : a life
Nokes, David2009
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Johnson, born weak and half-blind, shambolic and poverty-stricken, became the most admired and quoted man in the 18th century. David Nokes looks beyond Johnson's public persona and beyond the Johnson that Boswell to some extent created.
Main title:
Samuel Johnson : a life / David Nokes.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2009.
Collation:
xx, 415 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571226351 (hbk)
Dewey class:
828.609A828.609B/JOH828.609JOHA 828.609
Language:
English
BRN:
421020