Richard B. Schwartz Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction Books
Samuel Johnson and The New Science
Runner-up, Inaugural Gustave O. Arlt Prize for the best book in a branch of the Humanities, Council of Graduate Schools
Daily Life in Johnson’s London
Selected for the ‘Landmark 75’ list—the 75 most influential and successful books in the University of Wisconsin Press’s publishing history
The Biggest City in America
Cited by CHOICE as one of the “Significant University Press Titles, 1999-2000”
Nice and Noir
“Opinionated but always fascinating, shrewd and smart, but always readable.” — THE THRILLING DETECTIVE
The Wounds That Heal
“The authors succeed in spades, expanding our understanding of heroism . . . their vision is broad . . . (providing) a valuable stock of inspiring material.” — Martin Northway, NEWCITY LIT
Postwar Higher Education in America
“Of the many recent histories of American higher education, Schwartz’s is by a good margin the best—not so much for its narration of the bare-bone facts as for the sensibility of the author.” — Peter Wood, ACADEMIC QUESTIONS
Samuel Johnson
and The Problem of Evil
“One of the most brilliant and valuable contributions to the study of Johnson’s thought we have had for many a day.” —Donald Greene, MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
Theory and Tradition
in Eighteenth-Century Studies
“To judge from this spirited volume, practitioners of the ‘old historicism’ in eighteenth-century studies are alive and well—and as ready as ever to do battle against academic fads and shortcuts.”—Frederick Crews
Accidental Soldier
Boswell’s Johnson
A Preface to the Life
“The book is written with intelligence and conviction, a clear and responsible articulation of Boswell’s achievement as a biographer.”—William R. Siebenschuh, MODERN PHILOLOGY
After the Death of Literature
“An eminent Johnsonian shrewdly applies the commonsensical principles of Johnson to major topics of the so-called cultural wars.” — Robert D. Spector, WORLD LITERATURE IN REVIEW
Non-Fiction Books
Samuel Johnson and The New Science
Runner-up, Inaugural Gustave O. Arlt Prize for the best book in a branch of the Humanities, Council of Graduate Schools
Daily Life in Johnson’s London
Selected for the ‘Landmark 75’ list—the 75 most influential and successful books in the University of Wisconsin Press’s publishing history
The Biggest City in America
Cited by CHOICE as one of the “Significant University Press Titles, 1999-2000”
Nice and Noir
“Opinionated but always fascinating, shrewd and smart, but always readable.” — THE THRILLING DETECTIVE
The Wounds That Heal
“The authors succeed in spades, expanding our understanding of heroism . . . their vision is broad . . . (providing) a valuable stock of inspiring material.” — Martin Northway, NEWCITY LIT
Postwar Higher Education in America
“Of the many recent histories of American higher education, Schwartz’s is by a good margin the best—not so much for its narration of the bare-bone facts as for the sensibility of the author.” — Peter Wood, ACADEMIC QUESTIONS
Samuel Johnson
and The Problem of Evil
“One of the most brilliant and valuable contributions to the study of Johnson’s thought we have had for many a day.” —Donald Greene, MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
Theory and Tradition
in Eighteenth-Century Studies
“To judge from this spirited volume, practitioners of the ‘old historicism’ in eighteenth-century studies are alive and well—and as ready as ever to do battle against academic fads and shortcuts.”—Frederick Crews
Accidental Soldier
Boswell’s Johnson
A Preface to the Life
“The book is written with intelligence and conviction, a clear and responsible articulation of Boswell’s achievement as a biographer.”—William R. Siebenschuh, MODERN PHILOLOGY
After the Death of Literature
“An eminent Johnsonian shrewdly applies the commonsensical principles of Johnson to major topics of the so-called cultural wars.” — Robert D. Spector, WORLD LITERATURE IN REVIEW
The Plays of Arthur Murphy
A Collection of 18th Century Plays
Is A College Education Still Worth the Price?
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