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Book - Essays on Poetry, Dr. Samuel Johnson, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1857
... The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets...the lives of the most eminent english poets...He produced a number of major works, such as: The Rambler and The Idler, periodical essays on morality, literature, and society; Rasselas (1759), a philosophical novella; an edition of Shakespeare's plays (1765), with an influential preface; A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), an account of his tour with James Boswell; and the subject book, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81), which was his final major work, written in his late sixties.
...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 Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets Book Essays on Poetry Dr. ...
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
