03389nam 2200685Ia 450 991095529810332120251116203320.09780191786495019178649797801915158730191515876(CKB)1000000000409688(EBL)431833(SSID)ssj0000344846(PQKBManifestationID)11248879(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344846(PQKBWorkID)10315633(PQKB)10322324(StDuBDS)EDZ0000240574(Au-PeEL)EBL431833(CaPaEBR)ebr10160615(OCoLC)922903803(PPN)19160030X(MiAaPQ)EBC431833(EXLCZ)99100000000040968820060530d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe lives of the most eminent English poets with critical observations on their works /Samuel Johnson ; with an introduction and notes by Roger Lonsdale1st ed.Oxford Clarendon Press ;Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (666 pages)The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works ;4Description based upon print version of record.9780199284825 0199284822 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 aOxford English TextsLives of the poetsPoets, EnglishBiographyEarly works to 1800Poets, EnglishEarly modern, 1500-1700BiographyPoets, English18th centuryBiographyPoets, EnglishPoets, EnglishPoets, English821.009Johnson Samuel1709-1784.325263Lonsdale Roger165992MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955298103321The lives of the most eminent English poets4332522UNINA