CHAPTER 6. The Vanity of Human Wishes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. I. The Problem of Tragedy in the Eighteenth Century
6. Chapter 1. Introduction 3
7. Chapter 2. Tragic Theory and Its Limitations 10
8. CHAPTER 3. Tragedy Perceived: Other Evidence 28
9. II. The Tragic in Johnson's Life and Works
10. CHAPTER 4. Johnson's Tragic Sense of Life 59
11. CHAPTER 5. Irene 109
12. CHAPTER 6. The Vanity of Human Wishes 139
13. III. Johnson's Criticism of Tragedy
14. CHAPTER 7. A Johnsonian Theory of Tragedy 163
15. CHAPTER 8. Shakespeare 200
16. CHAPTER 9. Conclusion 243
17. APPENDIX. A Note on Sources 256
18. INDEX 261