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- Title: Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets with Observations on Their Poetry
- Author: Samuel Johnson
- ISBN: 9781406796209
- Page: 174
- Format: Paperback
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LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS 1779 1782 Samuel Johnson I started this book with some trepidation I was expecting a heavy, analytic work by the famed writer of The English Dictionary, but was pleasantly surprised Johnson 1709 1784 wrote these essays to be used as prefaces to separate editions of the work of each poet When he was done, he reviewed the lives and work of fifty two poets most of whom have gone on to oblivion This edition Folio Society, 1965 presents Johnson s essays on eleven of the mo [...]
I had always heard that Johnson was one of the great literary critics, but only knew him through scattered quotations, and the image that crops up in popular culture of a fat, imperious lexicographer.So I was extremely glad to finally find the time to read these wonderful short biographies Though many of the poets he chose to write about are obscure, and many of the biographies really are very short like, 2 3 pages , this is an extraordinary collection of English prose, worth dipping into or rea [...]
It is not Johnson s fault that I am not included I came along too late for that Notwithstanding this unavoidable, but lamentable, omission, this is among the very greatest of biographical works, endlessly entertaining and informed by wisdom.
The critical gold standard, of course, at the gold standard price of 650 Happily there are cheaper editions.