A Clubbable Man Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture in Honor of Greg Clingham

"The publication of A Clubbable Man: Essays on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture in Honor of Greg Clingham provides an occasion to identify a few of the elements of a successful Festschrift and to explain why this particular tribute to a true hero of our field is one of the very best of its kind." (The Eighteenth-Century Intelligencer) "Editor, author, de facto publisher, and dedicated teacher, Greg Clingham is remarkable among eighteenth-century scholars for his versatility and productivity. A Clubbable Man brings together a star-studded cast of Clingham's colleagues, students, and friends to celebrate a career of consequence in a suitably diverse, elegantly written, and original collection of essays." - Robert DeMaria (editor of The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson) "This rich collection of work by leading scholars of Samuel Johnson and adjacent eighteenth-century conversations broadens and deepens our own conversations significantly. The vital interplay of social communication and individual achievement emerges clearly throughout this well-conceived, capacious, and handsome volume." - John Sitter (author of The Cambridge Introduction to Eighteenth-Century Poetry)