Loving Dr. Johnson

by Helen Deutsch

The autopsy of Samuel Johnson (1709-84) initiated two centuries of Johnsonian anatomy-both in medical speculation about his famously unruly body and in literary devotion to his anecdotal remains. Even today, Johnson is an enduring symbol of individuality, authority, masculinity, and Englishness, ultimately lending a style and a name--the Age of Johnson--to the eighteenth-century English literary canon.

Loving Dr. Johnson uses the enormous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226143821
• ISBN13: 9780226143828
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"