The Age of Johnson : A Scholarly Annual (Volume 24)

The move to a new publisher has given __The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual__ the opportunity to recommit to what it does best: present to a wide readership cant-free scholarly articles and essays and searching book reviews, all featuring a wide variety of approaches, written by both seasoned scholars and relative newcomers. Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsonian topics: his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family, his notes in his edition of Shakespeare, his use of Oliver Goldsmith in his Dictionary, and his always fascinating Nachleben. The volume also includes articles on topics of strong interest to Johnson: penal reform, Charlotte Lennox's professional literary career, and the "conjectural history" of Homer in the eighteenth century. For more than two decades, __The Age of Johnson__ has presented a vast corpus of Johnsonian studies "in the broadest sense," as founding editor Paul J. Korshin put it in the preface to Volume 1, and it has retained the interest of a wide readership. In thousands of pages of articles, review essays, and reviews, __The Age of Johnson__ has made a permanent contribution to our understanding of the eighteenth century, and particularly of Samuel Johnson, his circle, and his interests, and has also served as an outlet for writers who are not academics but have something important to say about the eighteenth century. **ISSN 0884-5816.**

The move to a new publisher has given The Age of Johnson: AScholarly Annual the opportunity to recommit to what it doesbest: present to a wide readership cant-free scholarly articles andessays and searching book reviews, all featuring a wide variety ofapproaches, written by both seasoned scholars and relativenewcomers. Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsoniantopics: his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family,his notes in his edition of Shakespeare, his use of OliverGoldsmith in his Dictionary, and his always fascinating Nachleben.The volume also includes articles on topics of strong interest toJohnson: penal reform, Charlotte Lennox's professional literarycareer, and the "conjectural history" of Homer in the eighteenthcentury. For more than two decades, The Age of Johnson haspresented a vast corpus of Johnsonian studies "in the broadestsense," as founding editor Paul J. Korshin put it in the preface toVolume 1, and it has retained the interest of a wide readership. Inthousands of pages of articles, review essays, and reviews, TheAge of Johnson has made a permanent contribution to ourunderstanding of the eighteenth century, and particularly of SamuelJohnson, his circle, and his interests, and has also served as anoutlet for writers who are not academics but have somethingimportant to say about the eighteenth century.

ISSN 0884-5816.

Presents to a wide readership scholarly articles and essays and searching book reviews, all featuring a variety of approaches. Volume 24 features commentary on a range of Johnsonian topics, including his reaction to Milton, his relation to the Allen family, his notes in his edition of Shakespeare, and his use of Oliver Goldsmith in his Dictionary.