Evidence: | 'Johnson praised "The Spectator," particularly the character of Sir Roger de Coverley. He said, "Sir Roger did not die a violent death, as has been generally fancied. He was not killed; he died only because others were to die, and because his death afforded an opportunity to Addison for some very fine writing. We have the example of Cervantes making Don Quixote die.— I never could see why Sir Roger is represented as a little cracked. It appears to me that the story of the widow was intended to have something superinduced upon it; but the superstructure did not come." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 18 Apr 1775 | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | Anglican |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Joseph Addison |
Title: | Spectator, The [Roger de Coverley essays] |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21553 | |
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Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 631 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 631, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21553, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Original date of publication 1791. |
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