The Iconic Dr. Johnson

Biography of an Image

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Stefan Scheuermann

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The evolving image of the 18th century English literary giant, Dr. Samuel Johnson, was employed copiously in the fiction and essays of the Romantic and Victorian Periods. References to Johnson were intended to carry profound weight in the narratives, on the assumption of their common understanding. Although still popular today, these narratives have lost much of their initial power due to cultural evolution. A biographical study of Johnson's life does not return to current readers the full weight of the many Johnson references, neither does a critical survey of Johnson's writing. It is necessary to pinpoint the public image of Johnson at the time that the references were made, as it stood in the minds of the writers who used the image to their literary ends and to their intended audiences. This book traces Johnson's public image with triangulations of many sources and various references to Johnson by literary figures who both describe and prescribe the Johnsonian image with their literary uses of the icon.

Author Biography:

Stefan Scheuermann was born in Louisiana. As a teenager, he moved to Colorado with his family. He earned his Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, with an emphasis in 18th & 19th century British Literature. He has taught English Research Composition at Metropolitan State University of Denver and has enjoyed a long career of performing and teaching ballet. Mr. Scheuermann continues his passionate vocation of English literary study and continues to teach and perform ballet in a never ending celebration of the human experience. Mr. Scheuermann's writing projects have spanned multiple genres, from linguistic comparison to literary history, from biography to fiction. His wish for this book is that it will help return pungency to the classic literature that has employed the image of Dr. Johnson.

Release date Australia

October 4th, 2016

Author

Stefan Scheuermann

Pages

222

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

152x229x12

ISBN-13

9781621379119

Product ID

26192624

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