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Johnson Samuel <1709-1784.> |
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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 |
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Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-178649-7 |
0-19-151587-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (666 p.) |
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Collana |
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The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works ; ; 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Poets, English |
Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 |
Poets, English - 18th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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