Katherine Kickel, an associate professor of English at Miami University, will speak about the life and contributions of Samuel Johnson, an 18th-century religious citizen who left a remarkable legacy of essays, prayers and sermons.
Kickel will give the talk, “Dr. Johnson at Prayer,” during the Case Western Reserve University English Colloquium on Friday, March 28, at 3 p.m. in the Guilford House Parlor. The event is free and open to the public.
Kickel, a scholar of 17th- and 18th-century British literature, is the author of Novel Notions: Medical Discourse and the Mapping of Imagination in Eighteenth-Century Fiction. She also has had essays published in numerous publications, such as The Age of Johnson, Eighteenth-Century Fiction, and Scriblerian.
For information, email Susan Dumbrys in the CWRU English department at susan.dumbrys@case.edu.