Tag: british literature

Samuel Johnson on Endings

Samuel Johnson on Endings

This year Yale University Press published Samuel Johnson, a diverse and accessible selected works of eighteenth-century Britain’s preeminent man of letters. The following excerpt is a section from one of… READ MORE

Winter Nights

Winter Nights

Francis Spufford— Here comes the winter night. If we were our oldest ancestors, tucked into draughty recesses of caves with blue hands hugged around us as we slept, we’d be… READ MORE

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