Samuel Johnson
a life
by David Nokes
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In this portrait of Samuel Johnson, David Nokes positions the great thinker in his rightful place as an active force in the Enlightenment, not a mere recorder or performer, and demonstrates how his interaction with life impacted his work. This biography addresses his life and action through the hitherto unexplored perspectives of such major players as Johnson's wife, Tetty; Hester Thrale, in whose household he resided for seventeen years while working on his annotated Shakespeare; and Frances Barber, the black manservant who in many ways was like a son to Johnson. --from publisher description
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"A John Macrae book."
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2009 by Faber & Faber"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-397) and index.
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