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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451103303321

Autore

Johnson Samuel <1709-1784.>

Titolo

The lives of the most eminent English poets [[electronic resource] ] : with critical observations on their works / / Samuel Johnson ; with an introduction and notes by Roger Lonsdale

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-178649-7

0-19-151587-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (666 p.)

Collana

The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works ; ; 4

Altri autori (Persone)

LonsdaleRoger H

Disciplina

821.009

Soggetti

Poets, English

Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700

Poets, English - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS TO VOLUME IV""; ""Lives in Alphabetical Order""; ""Short Titles""; ""POPE""; ""PITT""; ""THOMSON""; ""WATTS""; ""A. PHILIPS""; ""WEST""; ""COLLINS""; ""DYER""; ""SHENSTONE""; ""YOUNG""; ""MALLET""; ""AKENSIDE""; ""GRAY""; ""LYTTELTON""; ""Textual Notes""; ""Commentary""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A: Sequences of Johnson�s Poets""; ""B: Some Early Periodical Reactions 1779�1783""; ""C: Spelling and Capitalization in the Prefaces and Lives""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""

""T""""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""

Sommario/riassunto

Samuel Johnson's last literary work, the Lives of the Poets, offers a detailed survey of English poetry from the early seventeenth century down to Johnson's own time. Always recognized as a major contribution to English biography and criticism, it is also one of Johnson's most readable and eloquent achievements. This is the first scholarly edition since 1905 and includes a full introduction and critical



apparatus. This is volume four of four. - ;Johnson himself wrote in 1782: 'I know not that I have written any thing more generally commended than the Lives of the Poets'. Always recognized as a