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lvi, 441 p. ; 23 cm "This volume is the first scholarly edition of Samuel Johnson's translation of Jean Pierre de Crousaz's Commentaire sur la traduction en vers de M. Abbe Du Resnel, de l'Essai de M. Pope sur l'homme, published in 1739. Included are notes comparing Johnson's translation with the French original to show his method of translation and historical annotations." "Of special interest are several lengthy footnotes that Johnson added to his translation. Among these are thoughts on the dominance of the passion of love on the stage and critical ideas on translation and the nature of English and French poetry." "The most important notes, however, relate to the problem of evil, particularly the ruling passion and the necessity of free will. From these scattered observations it is clear that Johnson comes down firmly on the side of orthodoxy, believing that God created man for happiness but that both physical and moral evil entered the world because of Original Sin and, hence, that many of the miseries of life are mankind's own fault. Many of the ideas first given expression here were to occupy Johnson's mind for the remainder of his life."--BOOK JACKET Includes bibliographical

Author

Jean-Pierre de Crousaz; Samuel Johnson; O. M. Brack

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300166989

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Poetry, Religion