Samuel Johnson and the romance of chivalry

Johnson attributed to his "immoderate fondness" for reading romances of chivalry ?that unsettled turn of mind which prevented his ever fixing in any profession'. I have given evidence for his acquaintance with ?all our English romances?, with Iberian romances like Amadis de Gaule and...

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Main Author: Henson, Eithne
Published: University of Leicester 1983
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.674146