This study demonstrates the importance of memory in Samuel Johnson's work. Greg Clingham argues that this concept of memory is derived from the process of historical and creative writing; it is embodied in works of literature and other cultural forms. He examines Johnson's writing; including his biographical writing, as it intersects with eighteenth-century thought on literature, history, fiction and law and its subsequent compatibility with and resistance to modern theory. "The author of this book is a distinguished scholar whose previous work collectively makes for a substantial and lasting contribution to our knowledge of Johnson and his age....Clingham's latest book offers a judicious treament of Johnson's understanding of several major ideas, and the volume's readership should reach well beyond scholars working on Johnson and the long eighteenth century and appeal to literary theorists, historians, and non-specialist readers....The contemporary generation of johnson scholars is in Clingham's debt for producing this exhaustively researched and carefully written analysis of Johnson's achievement." The Age of Johnson "[An] impressive meditation on Samuel Johnson's writings.... Recommended." Choice "A fine study. [...] The themes of memory, authority, and narrative, freshly conceived, are invoked in Clingham's re-evaluation of Johnson." Studies in English Literature "Readers inclined towards the discussions of the novel and narratology will find Clingham fruitful." Eighteenth-Century Fiction Examines Johnson's writing in relation to eighteenth-century thought on literature, history, fiction and law. Greg Clingham is Professor of English and Director of the University Press, Bucknell University. He has written and co-written several books. Used Book in Good Condition