The Major Works Of Samuel Johnson

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Digireads.Com
Page : 536 pages
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Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1420950630

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The Major Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson Pdf

As a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer, Samuel Johnson's contributions to English literature cannot be understated. His single greatest achievement is widely considered to be his "Dictionary of the English Language," which after nine years of research was first published in 1755. Until the publication of the "Oxford English Dictionary" over a century and a half later it was widely considered to be the preeminent dictionary of the English language. The work brought him much fame and success and had a profound impact on modern English literature. Johnson's contributions to the periodicals "The Rambler" and "The Idler" are considered to be some of the greatest examples of literary criticism of all time. This collection includes some of the best examples of his essays from those periodicals as well as a representative selection of his poetry, prose as well as his famous allegorical novel "The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia." Readers of this volume will most assuredly agree that Johnson was a writer of immense talent whose genius is exhibited by the sheer breadth of his body of work.

Author : Donald J. Greene
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0805712968

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Samuel Johnson by Donald J. Greene Pdf

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780300258004

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Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson Pdf

A one-volume collection of the prose and poetry of eighteenth-century Britain’s pre-eminent lexicographer, critic, biographer, and poet Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was eighteenth-century Britain’s preeminent man of letters, and his influence endures to this day. He excelled as a moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet. This anthology, designed to make Johnson’s essential works accessible to students and general readers, draws its texts from the definitive Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson. In most cases, texts are included in full rather than excerpted. The anthology includes many essays from The Rambler and other periodicals; Rasselas; the prefaces to Johnson’s Dictionary and his edition of Shakespeare; the complete Lives of Cowley, Milton, Pope, Savage, and Gray, as well as generous selections from A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. Some parts are arranged thematically, allowing readers to focus on such topics as religion, marriage, war, and literature. The anthology includes a biographical introduction, and its ample annotation updates and enlarges the commentary in the Yale Edition.

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015078790931

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The Major Works by Samuel Johnson Pdf

First published, with revisions, as an Oxford world's classics paperback: 2000.

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 1420950649

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The Major Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson Pdf

Author : W. Jackson Bate
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781582435244

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Samuel Johnson by W. Jackson Bate Pdf

Samuel Johnson is a writer of such significance that his era — the second half of the 18th century — is known as the Age of Johnson. Starting out as a Grub Street journalist, he made his mark on history as a poet, author, moralist, literary critic, political commentator, and lexiconographer. We, as moderns, need to know this man, and W. Jackson Bate's formidable biography, with its uncanny depth and empathy, is the book that makes that happen. Professor W. Jackson Bate is a lyrical writer who deftly explains the effect Johnson has had on scholars, critics, and readers of all kinds through the past 200 years: "The reason Johnson has always fascinated so many people of different kinds," Bate writes, "is not simply that [he] is so vividly picturesque and quotable . . . The deeper secret of his hypnotic attraction, especially during our own generation, lies in the immense reassurance he gives to human nature." Bate delves deep into the character that formed Johnson's intellect and fueled his prodigious contribution to literature, religion, politics, and our understanding of the nature of humankind, revealing the fascinating nature — both odd and adored — of this literary luminary.

Author : Peter Martin
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780297856160

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Samuel Johnson by Peter Martin Pdf

The first new biography for a generation of one of the great figures of English literature Poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, critic, conversationalist and wit, Dr Johnson is one of the great figures of English literature, perhaps the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare. Our view of Johnson has been overwhelmingly shaped by James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, published in 1791, the most famous biography in the English language. But invaluable as Boswell is as a source, he should not be the last word. This new biography illuminates the Johnson that Boswell never knew: the awkward youth, the unsuccessful schoolmaster, the eccentric marriage, his early years in London in the 1740s scratching a living, the epic struggle to produce the Dictionary. Very much the outsider, rather than the supremely confident dispenser of robust common sense. Using material unknown to previous biographers, Peter Martin describes the psychological knife-edge on which Johnson felt he lived, caused by his severe melancholia and his physical diseases. He explores Johnson's role in the publishing and printing world of the time and he reveals how important women were to Johnson throughout his life. The Samuel Johnson that emerges from this enthralling biography is still the foremost figure of his age but a more rebellious, unpredictable and sympathetic figure than the one that Boswell so memorably portrayed.

Author : James Boswell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086771888

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell Pdf

Author : Greg Clingham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997-10-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521556252

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The Cambridge Companion to Samuel Johnson by Greg Clingham Pdf

This Companion, first published in 1997, provides an introduction to the works and life of one of the key figures in English literary history.

Author : Jeffrey Meyers
Publisher : Oldcastle Books Ltd
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781904915508

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Samuel Johnson by Jeffrey Meyers Pdf

Jeffrey Meyers tells the extraordinary story of Samuel Johnson one of the most illustrious figures of English literary tradition. Johnson was famous as a poet, novelist, biographer, essayist, critic, editor, lexicographer, conversationalist and larger than life personality. After nine years of work Johnson's, 'A dictionary of the English Language, was published in 1755. He overcame great adversity to achieve success. 'The Struggle' is a masterful portrait of a brilliant and tormented figure.

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1793
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:8056174

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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Samuel Johnson Pdf

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780191568169

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The Lives of the Poets by Samuel Johnson Pdf

'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 : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0192840428

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Sammlung by Samuel Johnson Pdf

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Johnson's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by essays, criticism, and fiction - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, thanks to his good friend Boswell, the subject of one of the most famous English biographies. This volume celebrates Johnson's astonishing talent by selecting widely across the full range of his work. It includes 'London' and 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' among other poems, and many of his essays for the Rambler and Idler. The prefaces to his edition of Shakespeare and his famous Dictionary, together with samples from the texts, are given, as well as selections from A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, the Lives of the Poets, and Rasselas in its entirety. There is also a substantial representation of lesser-known prose, and of his poetry, letters, and journals.

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781504065344

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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume One by Samuel Johnson Pdf

A brief essay on the life and genius of the prolific eighteenth-century English author, followed by a selection of his poetry, letters, and a novella. Under the pen name “Dr. Johnson,” English writer Samuel Johnson was a biographer, essayist, lexicographer, literary critic, moralist, playwright, poet, and travel writer. The son of a bookseller, he made so many contributions to the English language that he is regarded as one of the greatest figures of eighteenth-century literature. The first of nine volumes, The Works of Samuel JohnsonVolume One includes an essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson, followed by a collection of his poetry, including his “Drury Lane Prologue,” “On the Death of Mr. Robert Levet,” and “The Vanity of Human Wishes.” A selection of his personal correspondence is featured as well, along with his great satirical novella, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.

Author : Martin Riker
Publisher : Coffee House Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781566895361

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Samuel Johnson's Eternal Return by Martin Riker Pdf

A Summer/Fall 2018 Indies Introduce Debut Fiction Selection When Samuel Johnson dies, he finds himself in the body of the man who killed him, unable to depart this world but determined, at least, to return to the son he left behind. Moving from body to body as each one expires, Samuel’s soul journeys on a comic quest through an American half-century, inhabiting lives as stymied, in their ways, as his own. A ghost story of the most unexpected sort, Martin Riker’s extraordinary debut is about the ways experience is mediated, the unstoppable drive for human connection, and the struggle to be more fully alive in the world. Martin Riker grew up in central Pennsylvania. He worked as a musician for most of his twenties, in nonprofit literary publishing for most of his thirties, and has spent the first half of his forties teaching in the English department at Washington University in St. Louis. In 2010, he and his wife Danielle Dutton co-founded the feminist press Dorothy, a Publishing Project. His fiction and criticism have appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, London Review of Books, the Baffler, and Conjunctions. This is his first novel.