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Book - Essays on Poetry, Dr. Samuel Johnson, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1857
... Much of what we know of his personality comes from James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), one of the most celebrated biographies in the English language, which cemented Johnson's image as a brilliant, gruff, deeply human conversationalist. He died on 13 December 1784, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Little is known of Johnson's publisher, George Clark...Much of what we know of his personality comes from James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), one of the most celebrated biographies in the English language, which cemented Johnson's image as a brilliant, gruff, deeply human conversationalist. He died on 13 December 1784, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Little is known of Johnson's publisher, George Clark ...
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (often called Lives of the Poets) is Samuel Johnson's collection of 52 short biographies and critical essays on English poets, most from the 17th and 18th centuries, arranged roughly by date of death. Originally commissioned by a group of London booksellers as prefaces to a multi-volume anthology of poetry, Johnson ended up writing far more than intended the "prefaces" grew into full biographical-critical essays. It was first published in 1779–81 (as Prefaces, Biographical and Critical), then reissued under this now-familiar title. His essays on Cowley, Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope in particular were quickly recognised as setting a new standard for English literary biography.
Hard cover book. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: George Clark & Co
Date: 1857
Further Information: Green Cloth hardcover reprinted edition with lettering to spine in gilt. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (often called Lives of the Poets) is Samuel Johnson's collection of 52 short biographies and critical essays on English poets, most from the 17th and 18th centuries, arranged roughly by date of death. Originally commissioned by a group of London booksellers as prefaces to a multi-volume anthology of poetry, Johnson ended up writing far more than intended the "prefaces" grew into full biographical-critical essays. It was first published in 1779–81 (as Prefaces, Biographical and Critical), then reissued under this now-familiar title. His essays on Cowley, Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope in particular were quickly recognised as setting a new standard for English literary biography.shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the lives of the most eminent english poets, samuel johnson
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