A selective list of online literary criticism for the eighteenth-century essayist, playwright, novelist, biographer, and lexicographer Samuel Johnson, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the Modern Language Association Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages
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Smallwood, Philip. A substantial introduction to Samuel Johnson from the Literary Encyclopedia, 21 March 2002. On Life of Mr Richard Savage (1744)
Sheidlower, Jesse. Defining Moment: On its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, a look back at Doctor Johnston's exhaustive Dictionary. In Bookforum, Oct/Nov 2005
The Johnson Society of the Central Region
The American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies web site
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