A Biographer at Work: Samuel Johnson's Notes for the "Life of Pope" - Hardcover

Kirkley, Harriet

 
9780838755075: A Biographer at Work: Samuel Johnson's Notes for the "Life of Pope"

Synopsis

This book is the first complete transcription of hitherto unpublished notes by Johnson for the 'Life of Pope' (British Library Add. MS. 5994). Kirkley provides Johnson scholars with a scrupulous study of Johnson's editing system as well as a critical study of how these notes mediate the processes of reading and composing, providing critical insight into Johnson's modes of textual production.

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About the Author

Harriet Kirkley graduated with a B.A. from Agnes Scott College, received a Ph.D in English from Stanford University, and has taught at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C., since 1971.

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