Doctor Johnson: A Study in Eighteenth Century Humanism

Addison ancient appear applied Aristotle assertion beauties biography blank verse Boileau Boswell century character classical criticism common sense declares delight diction Dictionary Doctor Johnson doctrine dogmatic drama Dryden edition eighteenth-century elegance English Euripides example expression faults French genius Greek heroic couplet Horace human humanist Ibid images imagination imitation intellectual Johnson judgment Julius Caesar Scaliger kind King Lear language Latin learning lexicon lines literary literature Lives Lycidas manner merit metaphysical poets Milton mind Misc modern Molière moral nature neo-classical neo-classical criticism neo-classicism never observation opera opinion Paradise Lost passions pastoral perhaps Petrarch play poem poet's poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise Preface to Shakespeare principles Quintilian Rambler reader reason reference Réflexion remarks reveals romantic rules Rymer says Scaliger scenes sentiments Shakespeare Spenser spirit sublime taste textual criticism thought tion true truth versification Virgil words writing