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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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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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (666 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 821.009 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poets, English |
| Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 | |
| Poets, English - 18th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
LonsdaleRoger H
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The lives of the most eminent English poets |
| ISBN: | 0-19-178649-7 |
| 0-19-151587-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451103303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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