Author: Samuel Butler
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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The Poems of Samuel Butler. (The Life of Samuel Butler by Dr. Johnson.).
Author: Samuel Butler
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Pages : 290
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The Poems of Samuel Butler. (The Life of Samuel Butler. By Dr. Johnson.) [With a Portrait.]
Author: Samuel Butler
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Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Pages : 296
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Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets
Author: Roger Lonsdale
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191569402
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 459
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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 major biographical and critical achievement, Samuel Johnson's last literary project is also one of his most readable and entertaining, written with characteristic eloquence and conviction, and at times with combative trenchancy. Johnson's fifty-two biographies constitute a detailed survey of English poetry from the early seventeenth century down to his own time, with extended discussions of Cowley, Milton, Waller, Dryden, Addison, Prior, Swift, Pope, and Gray. The Lives also include Johnson's memorable biography of the enigmatic Richard Savage (1744), the friend of his own early years in London. Roger Lonsdale's Introduction describes the origins, composition, and textual history of the Lives, and assesses Johnson's assumptions and aims as biographer and critic. The commentary provides a detailed literary and historical context, investigating Johnson's sources, relating the Lives to his own earlier writings and conversation, and to the critical opinions of his contemporaries, as well as illustrating their early reception. This is the first scholarly edition since George Birkbeck Hill's three-volume Oxford edition (1905). This is volume one of four.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191569402
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
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 major biographical and critical achievement, Samuel Johnson's last literary project is also one of his most readable and entertaining, written with characteristic eloquence and conviction, and at times with combative trenchancy. Johnson's fifty-two biographies constitute a detailed survey of English poetry from the early seventeenth century down to his own time, with extended discussions of Cowley, Milton, Waller, Dryden, Addison, Prior, Swift, Pope, and Gray. The Lives also include Johnson's memorable biography of the enigmatic Richard Savage (1744), the friend of his own early years in London. Roger Lonsdale's Introduction describes the origins, composition, and textual history of the Lives, and assesses Johnson's assumptions and aims as biographer and critic. The commentary provides a detailed literary and historical context, investigating Johnson's sources, relating the Lives to his own earlier writings and conversation, and to the critical opinions of his contemporaries, as well as illustrating their early reception. This is the first scholarly edition since George Birkbeck Hill's three-volume Oxford edition (1905). This is volume one of four.
The Poems of Samuel Butler. [With the Life by Samuel Johnson.].
Author: Samuel Butler
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Languages : en
Pages : 325
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Pages : 325
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The Lives of the English Poets
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
Author: Samuel Johnson
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index
Author: Spectator The
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Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Pages : 802
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Biographia Britannica: Or, the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who Have Flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the Earliest Age, to the Present Times: Collected from The_best Authorities, Printed and Manuscript, and Digested in the Manner of Mr. Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary. - Volume the Fisrt [-fifth!. - The Second Edition, with Corrections, Enlargements, and the Addition of New Lives; by Andrew Kippis, D.D. and F.S.A. with Other Gentlemen. - London Printed by W. and A. Strahan
Author: Andrew Kippis
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Pages : 746
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Pages : 746
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The Age of Milton
Author: Alan Hager
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031305259X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
The 17th century was a time of significant cultural and political change. The era saw the rise of exploration and travel, the growth of the scientific method, and the spread of challenges to conventional religion. Many of these developments occurred in England and North America, and literature of the period reflects the intellectual and emotional fervor of the age. This reference chronicles the lives and works of more than 75 British and American writers of the 17th century. Included are entries on such major canonical authors as Donne, Milton, and Jonson. The volume also covers the writings of such leading thinkers as Hobbes and Locke, along with the works of leading European figures like Galileo and Descartes. Also profiled are numerous significant women writers, including Mary Astell, Aphra Behn, and Anne Killigrew. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume additionally includes entries on several artists who significantly influenced British and American literary culture.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031305259X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
The 17th century was a time of significant cultural and political change. The era saw the rise of exploration and travel, the growth of the scientific method, and the spread of challenges to conventional religion. Many of these developments occurred in England and North America, and literature of the period reflects the intellectual and emotional fervor of the age. This reference chronicles the lives and works of more than 75 British and American writers of the 17th century. Included are entries on such major canonical authors as Donne, Milton, and Jonson. The volume also covers the writings of such leading thinkers as Hobbes and Locke, along with the works of leading European figures like Galileo and Descartes. Also profiled are numerous significant women writers, including Mary Astell, Aphra Behn, and Anne Killigrew. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume additionally includes entries on several artists who significantly influenced British and American literary culture.