Samuel Johnson: A Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0674031601
- ISBN-13
- 9780674031609
- Series
- Samuel Johnson
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 608
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Peter Martin
Description
Benefiting from recent critical scholarship that has explored new attitudes toward Johnson, Martin's biography offers a human and sympathetic portrait of the literary and social icon.
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