Project Gutenberg 2011-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 84 Callender, James Thomson 1758 1803 Congleton, J. E. (James Edmund) Congleton, James Edmund Kolb, Gwin J. 70636391 Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from His Works Reading ease score: 62.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jon Ingram, Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from His Works" by James Thomson Callender is a critical pamphlet written in the late 18th century. This work serves as a satirical examination of Dr. Samuel Johnson, condemning his literary style and character through caustic commentary and selective quotations from his own writings. Callender aims to showcase the reputed flaws and shortcomings of Johnson, who was a towering figure in English literature. The opening of the pamphlet presents an introduction that establishes Callender's intent and the context of his criticism. It frames Johnson as a complex figure whose immense literary reputation contrasts sharply with Callender's perception of his moral and intellectual failures. The introduction offers a glimpse into Callender's disdain for Johnson’s perceived arrogance and literary pretensions. As he seeks to dissect Johnson's character and works, Callender sets the stage for a detailed critique filled with sharply worded observations, hinting at a mixture of personal grievance and a broader commentary on literary authority and reputation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation PR Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: Literature 300068 300069 2024-11-16T05:18:04.743570 2023-09-16T11:21:42.615425 text/html text/html 301983 2011-10-16T06:29:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 106325 2011-10-16T06:29:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 203198 2024-11-16T05:18:18.024536 application/epub+zip 204996 2024-11-16T05:18:10.125562 application/epub+zip 179151 2024-11-16T05:18:07.437568 application/epub+zip 475384 2024-11-16T05:18:21.981484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447679 2024-11-16T05:18:16.918527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388800 2022-09-17T09:42:48.386537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235178 235058 2024-11-16T05:18:03.655591 2023-09-16T11:21:41.677386 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 235026 2011-10-16T06:29:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 93944 2011-10-16T06:29:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 235033 2011-10-16T06:29:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 93918 2011-10-16T06:29:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21506 2024-11-16T05:18:22.129467 application/rdf+xml 23297 2024-11-16T05:18:08.412542 image/jpeg 4634 2024-11-16T05:18:07.950573 image/jpeg 197532 2024-11-16T05:18:04.767556 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog