The lives of the most eminent English poets : with critical observations on their works / / Samuel Johnson ; with an introduction and notes by Roger Lonsdale
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Johnson Samuel <1709-1784.>
|
| 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
|
| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Clarendon Press |
| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (666 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 821.009 |
| Soggetto topico: | Poets, English |
| Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 | |
| Poets, English - 18th century | |
| Altri autori: |
LonsdaleRoger
|
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Lives of the poets |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The lives of the most eminent English poets |
| ISBN: | 9780191786495 |
| 0191786497 | |
| 9780191515873 | |
| 0191515876 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955298103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Oxford English Texts