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Johnson Samuel <1709-1784.> |
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Titolo |
The lives of the most eminent English poets : 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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9780191786495 |
0191786497 |
9780191515873 |
0191515876 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (666 pages) |
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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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Altri autori (Persone) |
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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 |
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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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Intro -- 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. |
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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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