"List of illustrationsNotes on contributorsChronologyList of short titles and abbreviationsIntroductiN_GREGCLINGHAM1 Extraordinarily ordinary:the life of Samuel JohnsN_ PHILIP DAVIS2 Johnson and the arts of conversatiN_ CATHERINE N.PARKE3 Johnsons poetry HOWARD D.WEINBROT4 Johnson,the essay,and The Rambler PAUL J.KORSHN_5 Johnson and the condition of womN_ EITHNE HENSN_6 Johnsons Dictionary ROBERT EEMARIA,JR.7 Johnsons politics ROBERT FOLKENFLIK8 Johnson and imperialism CLEMENT HAWES9 The skepticism of Johnsons Rasselas FRED PARKER10 Shakespeare:Johnsons of nature PHILIP SMALLWOOD11 Life and literature in Johnsons Lives of the Poets GREG CLINGHAM12 Johnsons Christian thought MICHAEL SUAREZ,SJ13 “From China to Peru”:Johnson in the traveled world JOHN WILTSHIRE14 “Letters about nothing”:Johnson and epistolary writing TOM KEYMER15 Johnsons critical receptiN_ STEVEN LYN_Further readingIndex"