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Feb 18, 1975 · John Wain was born in 1925 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. He attended St John’s College, Oxford, earning a BA in 1946 and an MA in 1950. A prolific author and man of letters, Wain wrote poetry, novels, criticism, and biographies during a writing career that spanned more than forty years.
Sep 12, 2017 · Samuel Johnson: A Biography. John Wain. Crossroad Press, Sep 12, 2017 - Biography & Autobiography. 0 Reviews. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content...
Samuel Johnson by Wain, John. Publication date 1974 Topics ... English 18th century Biography, Critics Great Britain Biography, Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784, ...
John Wain. Samuel Johnson: A Biography Kindle Edition. by John Wain (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.4 17 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle Edition. £0.00 This title and over 1 million more are available with Kindle Unlimited £3.03 to buy. Hardcover. £35.09 16 Used from £3.15 4 New from £13.61 1 Collectible from £19.99.
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Samuel Johnson can be taken as an extension of just the same teaching into the areas of biography and criticism. Thus Wain characterizes 18th’ century England for us—and stresses its difference from the 20th century—by noting its stability ; and describes Johnson going to an Oxford “unimaginably more beautiful and peaceful than she will ...
Wain was also a prolific poet and critic, with critical works on fellow Midland writers Arnold Bennett, Samuel Johnson (winning him the 1974 James Tait Black Memorial Prize ), and Shakespeare. Others for whom he wrote included the Americans Theodore Roethke and Edmund Wilson.
