Samuel Johnson and Moral DisciplineNorthwestern University Press, 1967 - 219 pages This book provides a new reading of Johnson that emphasizes his moral discourse. The ideas in Johnson’s essays are contrasted, as moral writings, with the moral ideas Johnson discussed in his sermons. This is one of the first books on Johnson to explore the essayist’s focus on moral thinking as central to his writing. |
Contents
Appetites and Passions | 3 |
Higher Faculties | 44 |
CHAPTER III | 85 |
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