LUBBERS-VAN DER BRUGGE, Dr. C. J. M
JOHNSON and BARETTI - some aspects of eighteenth-century literary life in England and Italy.
Groningen/Djakarta, J. B. Wolters' Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1951. First Edition. Sewed paperback, 23cmx15,5cm, Good copy. Academisch proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. Promotor: Prof. Dr. R. W. Zandvoort. Met een los blad stellingen (X: De sexuele misdragingen van een deel der Amerikaanse 'teenagers' zijn veeltijds het gevolg van gebrek aan leiding in gezinsverband'). Contents: 1). Baretti's youth in the Italy of the first half of the 18th century, and the reasons for his departure to England in 1751. 2), Baretti's endeavours to earn a living in England. His contact with Johnson (1751-1753). 3). Baretti's contact with Johnson continued, including a discussion of more English works. A summary of Allen T. Hazen's investigations. 4). Prolegomena to chapter 5: a). A survey of Baretti's Italian works written immediately after his stay in England, with a summary of Devalle's opinions on the relation between Johnson and Baretti. b). An outline of Johnson's opinions as an expression of his personality. 5). Baretti's opinions examined in the light of the foregoing material. 6). Parallel passages in Johnson and in Baretti. 7). A discussion of the 'Discours sur Shakespeare et sur Monsieur de Voltaire', with more of Baretti's miscellaneous borrowings from Johnson. With conclusion, Sommario, appendices, list of Baretti's works, bibliography, index and a portrait of Joseph Baretti by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1774). 157 pag.
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