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.
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.
