The film wasn't filmed here at Dr Johnson's House in Gough Square, unfortunately! The downstairs shot don't look anything like the real house. The scenes in...
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hi everybody, i'm new to this group.i like know about the works of SamuelJohnson.especially LIFE OF MILTON(as a prose writer).can anybody tell me....
aaaaaaaaaaaa ddddddddd writes: i like to know about johnson's work.especially his work "LIFE OF MILTON".i just want to know Milton as a Prose Writer by ...
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Oct 9, 2005 1:59 am
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Thanks a bunch for the information and the comparison between the real house and the Hollywood set. The last time I was in London was in 1992. Needless to say,...
The October 12 Wall Street Journal included a mostly- favorable review of Henry Hitchings "Defining the World". The article mentions that J's complete...
I don't get to see the Wall Street Journal, but I've read the Hitchings book, which is pretty good. Is it the miniature version of Johnson's Dictionary that...
Featured on the front of today's Wikipedia was this capsule bio of Colly Cibber who is always cropping up in the "Life." Since I knew little about him I found...
Some readers have said they don't have access to the WSJ review, but here's an interesting and amusing one that appeared in the London Times, with a nod to...
Johnson is Leaving a one-act play set and performed in the famous Dictionary Garret Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th November 2005 at 7.30pm Johnson Is Leaving...
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Is this being video-recorded? It would be so nice to have a copy, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop North American...
Appropos of the new Hitchings study, I was wondering what others thought of secondary works on the dynamic duo. I love Bate's biography, which is not only full...
There was reference lately to Wain's bio as being something akin to THE modern bio of the Great Cham. Was this purely a partisan claim? I'd gathered long ago...
I have several favorites... These come to mind most immediately: Donald Greene, "The Politics of Samuel Johnson" - - great job of exploring his political...
John Wain's biography is humane and interesting - not a work of scholarship, but a profound study all the same. I agree with Frank Lynch about the excellence...
What about *Boswell's Presumptious Task*? Any thoughts?, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop North American Old Roman...
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:33:49 -0700, Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon ... My own thoughts are that that book is secondary Boswell literature, not Johnson - - so while very...
... It came across mine in terms of wondering if there was anything out there about Boswell's bringing the *Life* into being. There's supposedly a Yale...
Adam Sisman's book is ideal for that. There is another, more academic book by Bruce Redford on this theme, but it is expensive and comparatively hard to find....
FREE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES A Secret History The Museums of Holborn A series of four lectures, giving an insight into some of the fascinating hidden treasures...
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I'm working on it! Natasha McEnroe Curator Dr Johnson's House 17 Gough Square London EC4A 3DE 020 7353 3745 curator@... ... From: "Fr M J...
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Reading Fanny Burney's Johnsonian material tonight, I saw a footnote reference to an 18th C collection of jokes, bon mots and so on called "Joe Miller's...
I thought people might like to see this link - The Guardian does a series of condensed books, and this one for Beryl Baindbridge's book. Some of them are very...
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:55:11 +0000, Curator <curator@...> ... I liked this very much - - thanks for sharing! Frank ...
Frank Lynch writes: Reading Fanny Burney's Johnsonian material tonight, I saw a footnote reference to an 18th C collection of jokes, bon mots and so on called...
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Nov 19, 2005 7:12 pm
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Have you ever thought about what Boswell did in writing his LOJ, and considered passages where he seemed to exercise himself the most? In using a metaphorical...
lynch_frank writes: Have you ever thought about what Boswell did in writing his LOJ, and considered passages where he seemed to exercise himself the most? One...
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Can anyone suggest a good, complete, and affordable edition of Hawkins' bio? Looking at Abebooks.com, I find a lot of a 1961 Macmillan edition, but one of the...
