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List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Chronology; List of shorttitles and abbreviations; Introduction Greg Clingham; 1.Extraordinarily ordinary: the life of Samuel Johnson Philip Davis; 2.Johnson and the arts of conversation Catherine N. Parke; 3. Johnson'spoetry Howard D. Weinbrot; 4. Johnson, the essay and The Rambler PaulJ. Korshin; 5. Johnson and the condition of women Eithne Henson; 6.Johnson's dictionary Robert De Maria Jr; 7. Johnson's politics RobertFolkenflik; 8. Johnson and imperialism Clement Hawes; 9. The skepticismof Johnson's Rasselas Fred Parker; 10. Shakespeare: Johnson's poet ofnature Philip Smallwood; 11. Life and literature in Johnson's Lives ofthe Poets Greg Clingham; 12. Johnson's Christian thought MichaelSuarez, S. J.; 13. 'From China to Peru': Johnson in the traveled worldJohn Wiltshire; 14. 'Letters about Nothing': Johnson and epistolarywriting Tom Keymer; 15. Johnson's critical reception Steven Lynn;Further reading; Index.