Word: johnsoniana
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Joseph Wood Krutch, biographer-critic (The Modern Temper; Edgar Allan Poe) and drama editor of the Nation, has made one of the most thorough examinations yet of Johnson and his friends. His biography, jampacked with Johnsoniana, is no specialist's study: it is for the general reader, who may find parts of it?such as the chapters on Johnson as critic and philosopher?slowgoing. But he can hardly fail to enjoy the lovingly collected abundance of anecdotes and sayings which are Johnson's rightful claim to fame...
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