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Wits and Wives
- Dr Johnson in the Company of Women
Engelsk
Bogcover for Wits and Wives af Kate Chisholm, 9781845951863
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781845951863
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1845951867
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 2012
Størrelse i cm:
23,3 x 15,9 x 2,4
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 2012
Forfatter(e):
Paperback 2012
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Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that ''Women have all the liberty they should wish to have''. But in this revealing book Kate Chisholm argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life, not just what he said. She proposes that the heart of the man, the truth of his character, can more clearly be seen via his many - close, generous, equal - relationships with women.

At one end of the spectrum were Johnson''s mother Sarah; his ''painted poppet'' wife Tetty; and the women, like the prostitute Poll Carmichael and the blind poetess Anna Williams, he took in when they had nowhere else to go. At the other end were Mary Wollstonecraft, who refers to Johnson in Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Hester Thrale, renowned wit and Johnson''s ''dear mistress''; Elizabeth Carter, whose translation of Epictetus was an instant bestseller; and many more besides.

By looking again at this controversial figure through the eyes of this extraordinary cast of female characters, we can discover the essential and unexpected Johnson.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781845951863
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1845951867
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 2012
Størrelse i cm:
23,3 x 15,9 x 2,4
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 2012
Forfatter(e):
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