Samuel Johnson and Poetic Style
by Edinger, William
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0226184463
- ISBN 13
- 9780226184463
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About This Item
, Anstey, Leicestershire, England: The University of Chicago Press, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. Orange cloth gilt titled, very clean, tight and solid volume. Interior Fine also. Jacket is clean, rubbed, with a few very small white specks on front. Edinger reconstructs the logic of Samuel Johnson's taste in poetic style by recovering the meaning of key terms of 18th century stylistic criticism. He sees Johnson as both a transitional figure in the emergence of new stylistic values and as the last and greatest interpreter of neoclassical values. 272 pages with Notes and Index. 5.75 x 9 inches. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1977.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015129
- Title
- Samuel Johnson and Poetic Style
- Author
- Edinger, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226184463
- ISBN 13
- 9780226184463
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- , Anstey, Leicestershire, England
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL, 1709-1784-LITERATURE; CRITICISM, HISTORY; POETICS,
- X weight
- 0 oz
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