A Clubbable Man : : Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture in Honor of Greg Clingham / / ed. by Anthony W. Lee.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Brownley, Martine,; Brownley,,; Cope, Kevin L.,; Czennia, Bärbel,; Fassett, Caroline,; Forsberg, Nina,; Grosholz, Emily,; Hanlon, Aaron R.,; Hawes, Clement,; Henry, Patrick Thomas,; Hopkins, David,; Jermey, Dominic,; Krog, Antjie,; Labbie, Erin,; Lee, Anthony W.,; Little, Daniel,; McNicholas, Joseph,; Parker, Kate,; Reverand II, Cedric D.,; Reverand, Cedric D.,; Rice, James,; Richetti, John,; Rickard, John,; Rounce, Adam,; Smallwood, Philip,; Sojka, Gary,; Tchou, Kang,; Tchou, W. K.,; Thomas, Harry,; Turnbull, Gordon,; Walker, Adam,; Walker, Robert G.,; Williams, Margaret,; Winn, Kieron,; Wood, Elaine,
• HerausgeberIn: Lee, Anthony W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Lewisburg, PA : : Bucknell University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.) :; 1 B-W illustration, 1 color photograph

Samuel Johnson famously referred to his future biographer, the unsociable magistrate Sir John Hawkins, as “a most unclubbable man." Conversely, this celebratory volume gathers distinguished eighteenth-century studies scholars to honor the achievements, professional generosity, and sociability of Greg Clingham, taking as its theme textual and social group formations. Here, Philip Smallwood examines the “mirrored minds” of Johnson and Shakespeare, while David Hopkins parses intersections of the general and particular in three key eighteenth-century figures. Aaron Hanlon draws parallels between instances of physical rambling and rhetorical strategies in Johnson’s Rambler, while Cedric D. Reverand dissects the intertextual strands uniting Dryden and Pope. Contributors take up other topics significant to the field, including post-feminism, travel, and seismology. Whether discussing cultural exchange or textual reciprocities, each piece extends the theme, building on the trope of relationship to organize and express its findings. Rounding out this collection are tributes from Clingham’s former students and colleagues, including original poetry.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on the Cover Image -- Introduction -- PART I Essays on Samuel Johnson and James Boswell -- Mirrored Minds: Johnson and Shakespeare -- The General and the Particular: Paradox and the Play of Contraries in the Criticism of Pope, Johnson, and Reynolds -- “The Caliban of Literature”: Spenser, Shakespeare, and Johnson’s Intertextual Scholarship -- In Silence and Darkness: Johnson’s Verdicts on Artistic Failure -- Smollett’s Ramblers and the Law of the Land -- The Social Life of Thomas Cumming, or “Clubbing” with Johnson’s Friend, the Fighting Quaker -- Not “Just a Macheath”: Young Boswell and Old Cibber in Boswell’s London Journal 1762–1763 -- PART II Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture -- English Historiography, the Development of Secular Autobiography, and the Memoir -- What Else Did Pope Borrow from Dryden? -- Poetic Performances: Pope’s An Essay on Man and Swift’s “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift” -- Swift Shrinks the Duke of Marlborough: Public Delegitimation through Scale -- Western Gardens, Eastern Views: Asian Travelers on Greenscapes of the British Isles -- Publishers Can Cause Earthquakes: Explanations and Enigmas of the Seismic Enlightenment -- PART III Personal Reminiscences -- Greg Clingham as Teacher and Mentor -- Greg Clingham and Bucknell University Press -- Commemoratory Poems -- Coda -- Greg Clingham’s Publications -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index