3. Scientific Curiosity in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword: Global Johnson ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. A Brief History of Johnsonian Studies in Japan 10
6. 2. Johnson, Biography, and Modern Japan 27
7. 3. Scientific Curiosity in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein 41
8. 4. Jane Austen and the Reception of Samuel Johnson in Japan 62
9. 5. Johnson the Tea Poet 74
10. 6. Johnson and Garrick on Hamlet 88
11. 7. Abyssinian Johnson 105
12. 8. Johnson’s Prose Style and His Notion of the Periodical Writer 116
13. 9. An Analysis of Johnson’s View of Knowledge 130
14. 10. Johnson’s Final Words 145
15. Appendix 155
16. Acknowledgments 163
17. Bibliography 165
18. Notes on Contributors 181
19. Index 185