The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets.

Johnson, Samuel. Ed(s): Hawkins, John

ISBN 10: 1108031730 / ISBN 13: 9781108031738

Published by Cambridge Library Collection, 2011

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This collected edition of Samuel Johnson's writings was published by his literary executor, the musicologist Sir John Hawkins, in 1787. Editor(s): Hawkins, John. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540. . 2011. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Together with His Life, and Notes on His Lives of the Poets.
• Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108031730
• ISBN 13: 9781108031738
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Dr Samuel Johnson (1709–84) is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected edition of his works – commissioned by the publisher within hours of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity – was published in 1787 in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 3 contains the second part of his Lives of the Poets, his last major work. This was a commission to provide short accounts of over fifty poets of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and it set a new standard for English literary biography. Although not all of the subjects have been regarded as eminent by posterity, and Johnson was criticised for brusque treatment of well-connected courtier poets now largely forgotten, the work was a great success.

Book Description

Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84) is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Volume 3 contains the second part of the Lives of the Poets, his collection of short biographies and criticisms of over fifty literary figures.