
Reconstructing the Canon
Samuel Johnson and the Universal Visiter
Bonnie Ferrero(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Will be published approx. on 1. October 1993
Book
Hardback
146 pages
978-0-8204-1986-2 (ISBN)
Description
That Samuel Johnson contributed several essays to the Universal Visiter, an eighteenth-century periodical edited by Christopher Smart and Richard Rolt, has long been known. What is not known is just what pieces he did write. Because the double asterisk was thought to have been Johnson's signature, all six Visiter essays so marked have, at various times, been attributed to him. Although only three of the Visiter essays are generally accepted as Johnson's, there has been no conclusive evidence that Johnson was not the author of the three conjectural pieces. This study presents evidence that Richard Rolt, not Samuel Johnson, wrote two of the three disputed pieces.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
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Weight
410 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8204-1986-2 (9780820419862)
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The Author: Bonnie Ferrero received her Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. She is the Director of Research and Sponsored Programs at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Dr. Ferrero is the author of several articles on Samuel Johnson.