Samuel Johnson : the arc of the pendulum / [electronic resource] [edited by] Freya Johnston and Lynda Mugglestone. Johnston, Freya. Mugglestone, Lynda. Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 Criticism and interpretation. PR3534 828.609 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012). This text offers wide-ranging coverage of Samuel Johnson's life work, and reception across 15 thematically cohesive chapters. Taking as its point of departure William Hazlitt's famous comparison between Johnson's prose style and a pendulum, this volume will contest and rebalance the metaphor of the pendulum. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. 2013. 2013 Text 1 online resource. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654345.001.0001 eng