Background
DeMaria, Robert was born on November 30, 1948 in New York City.
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British Literature 1640-1789: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
( Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the F...)
Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, the fourth edition of this successful anthology increases its coverage of canonical writings, plays, and of the development of British Literature in the American colonies. • A thoroughly updated new edition of this popular anthology which focuses firmly on the eighteenth century without neglecting the seventeenth century • Contains new texts including the play Rover by Aphra Behn, and Beggars' Opera by John Gay; increased canonical works, including works by Dryden, Pope, and Johnson; and historical contextual materials, with particualr attention to the Americas • Features updated introductions throughout, taking into acccount recent critical works and editions • Includes useful resources such as an alternative list of contents by theme, and a chronolgy of literary and political events, providing valuable historical and cultural context
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: A Critical Biography (Blackwell Critical Biographies)
(Although Johnson succeeded in becoming the leading litera...)
Although Johnson succeeded in becoming the leading literary figure of his age, he always suffered from a heightened sense of failure. Even after strenuously revising his "Dictionary of the English Language" he felt profoundly dissatisfied with it. In his early years, he relied on his extraordinary powers of mind to distinguish himself from his family and to propel him into broader social and intellectual circles, and in his literary work sought to emulate his hero, Joseph Scaliger, by becoming a citizen of the "European republic of letters". He never felt, however, that he had achieved these dreams, prevented from doing so by financial and personal circumstances - his nervous disorder and the melancholy that attended it. Robert DeMaria describes his subject in terms of Johnson's own personal and professional hopes for himself and aims to get closer to the historical man than any previous study of the complete life and works.
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- Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading (If readers of the twentieth century feel overwhelmed by t...)
Robert DeMaria
Edit ProfileEducation
AB, Amherst College, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1975.
Career
Assistant professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1975-1982; associate professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1982-1987; Henry Noble MacCracken professor english, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, since 1987.
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British Literature 1640-1789: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
( Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the F...)
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Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading
( If readers of the twentieth century feel overwhelmed by...)
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The Life of Samuel Johnson: A Critical Biography (Blackwell Critical Biographies)
(Although Johnson succeeded in becoming the leading litera...)
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British Literature 1640-1789: An Anthology (Blackwell Anthologies)
Membership
Member Modern Language Association, Samuel Johnson Society.
Connections
Son of Robert and Maddalena (Buzzeo) democratic. Married Joanne Thielen Long, August 21, 1977. Children: Alexander Thielen, David MacDonald.
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American