Samuel Johnson: A Personality in ConflictAuckland University Press, 1971 - 168페이지 "This book traces the origin and course of the 'general disease' of Dr Johnson's life, the 'vile melancholy which tormented him during much of his life. The evidence is all available in the records of Dr Johnson's life and in his writings, which are more often than not autobiographical. George Irwin has brought it together in an illuminating account of Johnson's uneasy relations with his mother, his struggles to understand and master his neurosis, and the relief which finallyu came through the largely unconscious agency of Mrs Thrale..."--Publisher's description. |
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... Michael to spend much of his time away from home . Michael Johnson , a modest , self - effacing man , has always been regarded as having been a gloomy person . This is be- cause he is mainly remembered from his son's having said , ' I ...
... Michael to spend much of his time away from home . Michael Johnson , a modest , self - effacing man , has always been regarded as having been a gloomy person . This is be- cause he is mainly remembered from his son's having said , ' I ...
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... Michael's attitude towards money foreshadowed that of his son , who , Boswell says , ' had , I believe , less attention to profit from his labours than any man to whom literature has been a profession.'135 Both father and son cared more ...
... Michael's attitude towards money foreshadowed that of his son , who , Boswell says , ' had , I believe , less attention to profit from his labours than any man to whom literature has been a profession.'135 Both father and son cared more ...
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... Michael's expectations , the Johnsons decided to start Sam off at Oxford by using part of the legacy which cousin Harriots , who had died a few months before , had left to Sarah for her ' own separate use ' . Unfortunately Sam's ...
... Michael's expectations , the Johnsons decided to start Sam off at Oxford by using part of the legacy which cousin Harriots , who had died a few months before , had left to Sarah for her ' own separate use ' . Unfortunately Sam's ...
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