{"product_id":"samuel-johnson-a-biography-9781582435244","title":"Samuel Johnson: A Biography","description":"Samuel Johnson is a writer of such significance that his era -- the second half of the 18th century -- is known as the Age of Johnson. Starting out as a Grub Street journalist, he made his mark on history as a poet, author, moralist, literary critic, political commentator, and lexiconographer. We, as moderns, need to know this man, and W. Jackson Bate's formidable biography, with its uncanny depth and empathy, is the book that makes that happen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfessor W. Jackson Bate is a lyrical writer who deftly explains the effect Johnson has had on scholars, critics, and readers of all kinds through the past 200 years: The reason Johnson has always fascinated so many people of different kinds, Bate writes, is not simply that [he] is so vividly picturesque and quotable . . . The deeper secret of his hypnotic attraction, especially during our own generation, lies in the immense reassurance he gives to human nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's intellect and fueled his prodigious contribution to literature, religion, politics, and our understanding of the nature of humankind, revealing the fascinating nature -- both odd and adored -- of this literary luminary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-20367\"\u003eW. Jackson Bate\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582435244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582435243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Jackson Bate\u003c\/b\u003e was an American literary critic and biographer. He is known for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning biographies of \u003ci\u003eSamuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJohn Keats\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eSamuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e also won the 1978 U.S. National Book Award in Biography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664189362413,"sku":"9781582435244","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f2d2c967-f124-489b-8bc7-69b70f1d7365.jpg?v=1649402445","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/samuel-johnson-a-biography-9781582435244","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}