The Augustan VisionMethuen, 1978 - 318 páginas |
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... Johnson , who knew well that fantasy and fancy were quite separate activities . For a moment Johnson appears in the guise of an interdenominational Bunyan , with a mystic's clarity of sight and directness of feeling . The conditions of ...
... Johnson , who knew well that fantasy and fancy were quite separate activities . For a moment Johnson appears in the guise of an interdenominational Bunyan , with a mystic's clarity of sight and directness of feeling . The conditions of ...
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... Johnson approaches an ethical issue through psychological considerations . He considers the urge for revenge , its causes and etiology . He shows the impulse as wholly natural , yet still to be roundly condemned . The style is flexible ...
... Johnson approaches an ethical issue through psychological considerations . He considers the urge for revenge , its causes and etiology . He shows the impulse as wholly natural , yet still to be roundly condemned . The style is flexible ...
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... Johnson has been reading the play with which one is familiar . As a piece of literature in its own right , however , the Preface stands alone . The entire essay breathes an air of generosity ; its principles are sometimes disputable ...
... Johnson has been reading the play with which one is familiar . As a piece of literature in its own right , however , the Preface stands alone . The entire essay breathes an air of generosity ; its principles are sometimes disputable ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Landscape of the Age | 5 |
The Shape of Society | 7 |
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