Wits and wives: dr johnson in the company of women
Auteur :
Chisholm, Kate
Éditeur :
Vintage Publishing
ISBN :
9780701169046
Date de publication :
3 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,1 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
572 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that 'Women have all the liberty they should wish to have'. At the other end were Mary Wollstonecraft, who refers to Johnson in Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Hester Thrale, renowned wit and Johnson's 'dear mistress';