Johnson's Critical Presence: Image, History, Judgment

by Philip Smallwood

Johnson's Critical Presence demonstrates how Johnson's criticism has for long been divided from the issues of modern criticism by historical narratives that have marked the progress of criticism from 'classic to romantic'. The image of Johnson constructed by his immediate antagonists has been preserved by the routines of historical representation, and mediated to the present day, most recently, by the characterizations of 'radical theory'. By an in-depth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754633578
• ISBN13: 9780754633570
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"