Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465511911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 737

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Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191622737
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 560

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'If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.' In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets. The major Lives - of Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope - are memorable cameos of the life of writing in which Johnson is as attentive to human frailty as to literary prowess. The shorter Lives preserve some of Johnson's most piercing, critical judgements. Unsentimental, opinionated, and quotable, The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned. It is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most humanly diverting. This selection of the Lives of ten of the most important poets draws its text from Roger Lonsdale's authoritative complete edition. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780461895018
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781534752542
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Lives of the Poets is a work by Samuel Johnson, comprising of short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. It is arranged, approximately, by date of death. Six of the Lives have been singled out as the most "important": John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Jonathan Swift, and Thomas Gray.

Author: Sara McIntosh Wooten
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780766026278
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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These biographies for teen readers describe the lives and achievements of well-known, significant Americans of the 20th and 21st centuries using color layouts, informative sidebars, and lots of supplementary data.

Author: Scott Donaldson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231138420
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 572

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The best of Edwin Arlington Robinson's poetry rings with a lyrical and emotional purity and singularity that should assure his place as one of the treasured poets of his generation ... Scott Donaldson's book should help to revive appreciation for this solitary figure and the unique resonance of his work. --W.S. Merwin.

Author: Samuel Johnson
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5041728453
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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Author: Donna Hollenberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520272463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 531

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"The first full-length biography of British-born poet Denise Levertov (1923-1997) brings to life a major voice in American poetry during the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on exhaustive archival research of Levertov's entire opus and on interviews with dozens of the poet's friends, Donna Krolik Hollenberg's authoritative biography captures the full complexity of Levertov's entire opus and on interviews with dozens of the poet's friends, Donna Korlik Hollenberg's authoritative biography captures the full complexity of Levertov as both a woman and an artist, and the dynamic world she inhabited"--Front jacket flap.