Dr Johnson’s House is a museum in London dedicated to Samuel Johnson, who compiled the first English dictionary while living there in the 18th century. The house features an imposing chain guarding the front door, which Johnson fashioned as a security device. The house fell into disrepair but was restored by a British MP in […]
The Johnson Age, also known as the Age of Sensibility, was a period in English literature from the mid-18th century to 1798. Samuel Johnson, a poet, critic, and fiction author, influenced this era with neoclassical aesthetics and Enlightenment values. The Age of Sensibility followed, characterized by anti-classical works and new forms of literary expression. Johnson’s […]
