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The Times and Influence of Samuel Johnson
UNIVERZITA PALACKÉHO V OLOMOUCI FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky Martina Tesařová The Times and Influence of Samuel Johnson Bakalářská práce Studijní obor: Anglická filologie Vedoucí práce: Mgr. Ema Jelínková, Ph.D. OLOMOUC 2013 Prohlášení Prohlašuji, že jsem bakalářskou práci na téma „Doba a vliv Samuela Johnsona“ vypracovala samostatně a uvedla úplný seznam použité a citované literatury. V Olomouci dne 15.srpna 2013 …………………………………….. podpis Poděkování Ráda bych poděkovala Mgr. Emě Jelínkové, Ph.D. za její stále přítomný humor, velkou trpělivost, vstřícnost, cenné rady, zapůjčenou literaturu a ochotu vždy pomoci. Rovněž děkuji svému manželovi, Joe Shermanovi, za podporu a jazykovou korekturu. Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner, but no man alive has a more tender heart. —James Boswell Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 2. The Age of Johnson: A Time of Reason and Good Manners ......................... 3 3. Samuel Johnson Himself ................................................................................. 5 3.1. Life and Health ......................................................................................... 5 3.2. Works ..................................................................................................... 10 3.3. Johnson’s Club ....................................................................................... 18 3.4. Opinions and Practice ............................................................................ -
EVELYN WAUGH NEWSLETTER and STUDIES Vol
EVELYN WAUGH NEWSLETTER AND STUDIES Vol. 36, No. 1 Spring 2005 “The Funniest Book in the World”: Waugh and The Diary of a Nobody by Peter Morton Flinders University Evelyn Waugh did not enjoy his Christmas of 1946. It was the second after the war and the national mood was somber. Troops were still being demobilized and the food rationing was worse than ever. As a Christmas “bonus” the government had allowed an extra eight pence worth of meat (half to be corned beef), but bread and potatoes were about to be rationed for the first time. To top it all, the weather was deteriorating and the winter 1946-7 would be the worst in living memory. Waugh, then in his early 40s, was en famille at Piers Court, and that was always a trial in itself. And he felt beleaguered. New houses were encroaching on his land, the socialist “grey lice” were in government, taxes were punitive and he was thinking of emigrating to Ireland. He tried to stay in fairly good humor on the day itself, for the sake of the children, but without much success. He was disgusted by his children’s shoddy presents and the general disorder. Their lunch was cold and ill-cooked. His wife had given him some caviar, but he had eaten that the week before. All in all, it was a “ghastly” day. He had already told his diary that he was looking forward to his forthcoming stay in hospital, for an operation on his hemorrhoids, to get away from them all.[1] The one bright spot of the day was his mother’s gift: a copy of George & Weedon Grossmith’s Diary of a Nobody, the seventh edition (J. -
The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms is a twenty-first century update of Roger Fowler’s seminal Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Bringing together original entries written by such celebrated theorists as Terry Eagleton and Malcolm Bradbury with new definitions of current terms and controversies, this is the essential reference book for students of literature at all levels. This book includes: ● New definitions of contemporary critical issues such as ‘Cybercriticism’ and ‘Globalization’. ● An exhaustive range of entries, covering numerous aspects to such topics as genre, form, cultural theory and literary technique. ● Complete coverage of traditional and radical approaches to the study and production of literature. ● Thorough accounts of critical terminology and analyses of key academic debates. ● Full cross-referencing throughout and suggestions for further reading. Peter Childs is Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Gloucestershire. His recent publications include Modernism (Routledge, 2000) and Contemporary Novelists: British Fiction Since 1970 (Palgrave, 2004). Roger Fowler (1939–99), the distinguished and long-serving Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of East Anglia, was the editor of the original Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms (Routledge, 1973, 1987). Also available from Routledge Poetry: The Basics Who’s Who in Contemporary Jeffrey Wainwright Women’s Writing 0–415–28764–2 Edited by Jane Eldridge Miller Shakespeare: The Basics 0–415–15981–4 -
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EVELYN WAUGH NEWSLETTER AND STUDIES Vol. 33, No. 2 Autumn 2002 Adam and Evelyn: "The Balance", The Temple at Thatch, and 666 by Simon Whitechapel There are more and stronger parallels between the Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) and Evelyn Waugh (1903-66) than some partisans of the latter may care to recognize, but one of the oddest is also, at first glance, one of the most innocent. De Sade and Waugh both wrote novels that are now, short of the invention of a chronoscope or -scoop, permanently lost to literature. Even the titles of these novels were oddly similar, for de Sade’s was called Les Journées à Florbelle, or The Days at Florbelle, and Waugh’s The Temple at Thatch. Their fates were even more similar, for they were both burnt in manuscript, de Sade’s by his own son in about 1814 and Waugh’s by the author himself in 1925. Which novel represents the greater loss to European literature is debatable, though personally I would plump for The Temple at Thatch. Les Journées à Florbelle was very likely just more of the sanguinary same from an author who had already been extensively published; The Temple at Thatch was Waugh’s very first novel.[1] Whether or not it matched the quality of his second novel, Decline and Fall, if it were still extant it could not fail to be of interest to both scholars and general readers, though neither scholars nor general readers have shown much interest in it as things stand. This is not only a pity but also a puzzle. -
James Boswell, Laurence Sterne, and Samuel Johnson in London Adria Young
The Cub, the Parson, the Doctor: James Boswell, Laurence Sterne, and Samuel Johnson in London Adria Young Introduction Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was the dominant literary figure of the later eighteenth century. He was most famed in his day as the author of the first comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, but he would be eventually celebrated in equal measure as a great moral sage, essayist, poet, critic, conversationalist, and the second most quoted person in the English language after Shakespeare. Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) was an Irish-born Anglican clergyman who achieved instant celebrity as the author of one of the most wildly innovative comic novels in English, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. Though the novel is now considered a key work in the evolution of the novel and a precursor to postmodernist experiments in self-reflexive writing, not every reader has responded favourably to its dizzying novelties. Samuel Johnson, who likely never met Sterne, notoriously if incorrectly predicted that the novel’s popularity would fade. James Boswell (1740-1795) also aimed to become a great literary author of the period but his reputation did not fare as well as Johnson’s or Sterne’s. A generation after his death, he had come to be seen as a buffoon who had needled his way into the company of the powerful and talented while displaying little talent or with himself. The 19th-century essayist Lord Macaulay pronounced him “one of the smallest men who ever lived [...] a man of the meanest and feeblest intellect [...] shallow and pedantic, a bigot and a sot [...] a common butt in the taverns of London.” Yet Boswell kept meticulous records of his conversations with the eminent writers and thinkers of his age, and from these records were produced not only a remarkable series of journals, unmatched in their detail and directness, but equally one indisputable masterpiece, his Life of Johnson, which is generally regarded as the greatest biography in English. -
Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross, Papers: Finding Aid
http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8c252jh No online items Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross, Papers: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Sara S. Hodson and Gayle M. Richardson, August 8, 2005. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2005 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross, mssKIN 1-6443 1 Papers: Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross, Papers Dates (inclusive): 1922-1976 Collection Number: mssKIN 1-6443 Creator: Kinross, Patrick Balfour, Baron, 1904-1976. Extent: 6,550 items in 178 boxes Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera of Scottish historian and writer Patrick Balfour (1904-1976), Lord Kinross, from his earliest columns as a journalist to his final major work, The Ottoman Centuries. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross, Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. -
PRPL Master List 6-7-21
Author Title Publication Info. Call No. Abbey, Edward, 1927- The serpents of paradise : a reader / Edward Abbey ; edited by New York : H. Holt, 813 Ab12se (South Case 1 Shelf 1989. John Macrae. 1995. 2) Abbott, David, 1938- The upright piano player : a novel / David Abbott. London : MacLehose, Abbott (East Case 1 Shelf 2) 2014. 2010. Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Warau tsuki / Abe Kōbō [cho]. Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 895.63 Ab32wa(STGE Case 6 1975. Shelf 5) Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Hakootoko. English;"The box man. Translated from the Japanese New York, Knopf; Abe (East Case 1 Shelf 2) by E. Dale Saunders." [distributed by Random House] 1974. Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Beyond the curve (and other stories) / by Kobo Abe ; translated Tokyo ; New York : Abe (East Case 1 Shelf 2) from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter. Kodansha International, c1990. Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Tanin no kao. English;"The face of another / by Kōbō Abe ; Tokyo ; New York : Abe (East Case 1 Shelf 2) [translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders]." Kodansha International, 1992. Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Bō ni natta otoko. English;"The man who turned into a stick : [Tokyo] : University of 895.62 Ab33 (East Case 1 Shelf three related plays / Kōbō Abe ; translated by Donald Keene." Tokyo Press, ©1975. 2) Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993. Mikkai. English;"Secret rendezvous / by Kōbō Abe ; translated by New York : Perigee Abe (East Case 1 Shelf 2) Juliet W. Carpenter." Books, [1980], ©1979. Abel, Lionel. The intellectual follies : a memoir of the literary venture in New New York : Norton, 801.95 Ab34 Aa1in (South Case York and Paris / Lionel Abel. -
Peter Quennell
Peter Quennell: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Quennell, Peter, 1905-1993 Title: Peter Quennell Collection Dates: 1925-1973 Extent: 10 boxes (4.2 linear feet), 1 galley folder (gf) Abstract: The collection of British writer and editor Peter Quennell consists primarily of manuscripts of 16 of his works. Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-03361 Language: English Access: Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Use Policies: Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin assume no responsibility. Administrative Information Preferred Peter Quennell Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-03361). Harry Citation Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Acquisition: Purchases, 1967 (R3533, R3795); 1969 (R4786); 1973 (R5195); and 1977 (R7575, R7749) Processed by: Jonathan Reynolds, 2006; Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2018 Quennell, Peter, 1905-1993 Manuscript Collection MS-03361 Processed by: Jonathan Reynolds, 2006; Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2018 Note: Part of this finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in a card catalog. -
The Anthony Powell Society Newsletter
The Anthony Powell Society Newsletter Issue 52, Autumn 2013, ISSN 1743-0976, £3 STILL TIME TO BOOK 7th Biennial Anthony Powell Conference Friday 27 to Sunday 29 September 2013 Eton College, Eton, Windsor, Berkshire STILL TIIMnvEit eTdO Sp BeaOOKkers: DJ Taylor, Peter Berthoud, Patric Dickinson Recital: Paul Guinery Celebratory Address: Lord Gowrie Including Bring & Buy Book Sale Annual Lecture 2011 Violet Powell Conference A Stone in the Alastair Laing on Proceedings Shade Anthony Powell and Sculpture Now Available Review, page 3 Friday 6 December see pages 10, 30 Shop, pages 10, 30 Wallace Collection, London Tickets £14 – see page 17 Contents From the Secretary’s Desk … 2 REVIEW: A Stone in the Shade … 3-6 In the Footsteps of X Trapnel … 7-9 New Publications … 10 Kaggsy’s Ramblings – LM … 11-13 Kaggsy’s Ramblings – CCR … 14-15 Dates for Your Diary … 16-17 Society Notices … 18 Archive Acquisition … 19 & 26 REVIEW: Rex Whistler … 20-25 Cuttings … 27-29 Merchandise & Membership … 30-32 Anthony Powell Society Newsletter #52 From the Secretary’s Desk The Anthony Powell Society Registered Charity No. 1096873 There is a lot in this Newsletter to which I The Anthony Powell Society is a want to draw your attention: charitable literary society devoted to the 2013 Conference. There is still time to life and works of the English author book your place. Details in the enclosed Anthony Dymoke Powell, 1905-2000. flyer. AGM. Saturday 19 October. If you can’t Officers & Trustees attend, please use your proxy vote. The Patron: John MA Powell formal business will be followed by President: The Earl of Gowrie PC, FRSL Georgia Powell in conversation with Harry Mount about the life and work of Hon. -
British Travellers to Calabria from 1779 to 1915
‘Horrors and Magnificence without End’ British travellers to Calabria from 1779 to 1915 A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters by Research of the University of New South Wales by Elida Meadows Social School of Humanities and Languages Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia August 2017 INCLUSION OF PUBLICATIONS STATEMENT UNSW is supportive of candidates publishing their research results during their candidature as detailed in the UNSW Thesis Examination Procedure. Publications can be used in their thesis in lieu of a Chapter if: • The student contributed greater than 50% of the content in the publication and is the “primary author”, ie. the student was responsible primarily for the planning, execution and preparation of the work for publication • The student has approval to include the publication in their thesis in lieu of a Chapter from their supervisor and Postgraduate Coordinator. • The publication is not subject to any obligations or contractual agreements with a third party that would constrain its inclusion in the thesis Please indicate whether this thesis contains published material or not. This thesis contains no publications, either published or submitted for publication ☐ (if this box is checked, you may delete all the material on page 2) Some of the work described in this thesis has been published and it has been documented in the relevant Chapters with acknowledgement (if this box is ☐ checked, you may delete all the material on page 2) This thesis has publications (either published or submitted for publication) ☐ incorporated into it in lieu of a chapter and the details are presented below CANDIDATE’S DECLARATION I declare that: • I have complied with the Thesis Examination Procedure • where I have used a publication in lieu of a Chapter, the listed publication(s) below meet(s) the requirements to be included in the thesis. -
Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Their Victorian Masters
Ecumenical Craft: Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and their Victorian Masters Item Type text; Electronic Dissertation Authors Holler, Seth C. Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 26/09/2021 00:46:36 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/323220 ECUMENICAL CRAFT: EVELYN WAUGH, GRAHAM GREENE, AND THEIR VICTORIAN MASTERS by Seth C. Holler __________________________ Copyright © Seth C. Holler 2014 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2014 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Dissertation Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Seth Holler, titled “Ecumenical Craft: Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and their Victorian Masters” and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. _____________________________________________________ Date: May 9, 2014 Gerald Monsman _____________________________________________________ Date: May 9, 2014 Suresh Raval _____________________________________________________ Date: May 9, 2014 Homer Pettey Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate’s submission of the final copies of the dissertation to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this dissertation prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement.