Samuel Johnson

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Volume 11

Herausgeber: Hawkins, John

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Produktbeschreibung

This collected edition of Samuel Johnson's writings was published by his literary executor, the musicologist Sir John Hawkins, in 1787.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 745g
• ISBN-13: 9781108031813
• ISBN-10: 1108031811
• Artikelnr.: 33626180

Autorenporträt

Samuel Johnson was an English writer who was born on September 18, 1709, and died on December 13, 1784. He was called "Dr. Johnson" by many people. He was a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he was "possibly the most famous writer in English history." Johnson became famous in his later years, and after he died, more and more people thought he had a lasting effect on literary criticism. Some even said he was the only truly great critic of English literature. In the 20th century, his ideas shaped the way people thought about literature, and his influence on biography will last for a long time. Johnson's Dictionary had a big impact on Modern English, and it was the best dictionary until the Oxford English Dictionary came along 150 years later. The biographer of Samuel Johnson, Walter Jackson Bate, chose James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson as "the most famous single work of biographical art in all of literature."

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Tales and Visions: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abisinnia
The Vision of Theodore, the hermit of Teneriffe, found in his cell
The Apotheosis of Milton, a vision
Prayers and devotional exercises
Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions, and occasional reflections
Irene, a tragedy
Poems: London
The Vanity of Human Wishes
Miscellaneous poems
Poemata
Index to the works.