The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume III: 1777-1781

by Samuel Johnson and George Birkbeck Hill

Book Overview

The Hyde Edition offers scores of texts transcribed for the first time from the original documents a feature of special importance in the case of Johnson's revealing letters to Hester Thrale, many of which have been available only in expurgated form. The Hyde Edition is also the first systematically to record substantive deletions, which can yield intimate knowledge of Johnson's stylistic procedures, mental habits, and chains of association. Furthermore,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691069298
• ISBN13: 9780691069296
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 10.0"