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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-100300006055
ISBN-139780300006056
eBay Product ID (ePID)87289
Product Key Features
Number of Pages1143 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWorks of Samuel Johnson, Vols 7-8 : Johnson on Shakespeare
Publication Year1968
SubjectShakespeare, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
TypeTextbook
AuthorSamuel Johnson
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Drama
SeriesThe Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight65.8 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN57-011918
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume NumberVols. 7 & 8
Number of Volumes2 vols.
IllustratedYes
Volume NumberVols. 7-8
Dewey Decimal828/.609
SynopsisSamuel Johnson's notes on Shakespeare gathered and annotated for the first time This first accurate and fully annotated text of an important segment of the Johnson canon features the notes of his first and revised editions of Shakespeare, the Preface and General Observations, the Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth , the Preface to Mrs. Lennox's Shakespeare Illustrated , and the Proposals for an Edition. Throughout, Johnson's likes and dislikes in language, imagery, and poetic and dramatic techniques are unmistakably expressed. To illuminate Johnson's comments, pertinent portions of Shakespeare's text are reproduced., Of special interest in this first accurate and fully annotated text of an important segment of the Johnson canon are the notes of his first and revised editions of Shakespeare, the Preface and General Observations, the Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth , the Preface to Mrs. Lennox's Shakespeare Illustrated , and the Proposals for an Edition, Johnson's likes and dislikes in language, imagery, and poetic and dramatic techniques are unmistakably expressed, and, to demonstrate precisely Johnson's comments, pertinent portions of Shakespeare's text are reproduced.Mr. Sherbo is professor of English at Michigan State University; Mr. Bronson is professor of English at the University of California at Berkeley.