| Description |
xxxiv, 523 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford world's classics |
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Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cowley -- Milton -- Rochester -- Dryden -- Congreve -- Gay -- Savage -- Switft -- Pope -- Gray. |
| Summary |
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 must humanly diverting. - Back cover. |
| Subject |
Poets, English -- Biography.
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Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Poets, English -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Poets, English. (OCoLC)fst01067870
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Poets, English -- Early modern.
(OCoLC)fst01711108
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Dichters.
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Engels.
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| Chronological Term |
1500-1799
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Lonsdale, Roger.
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Mullan, John, 1958-
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| Added Title |
Lives of the English poets. Selections
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| ISBN |
9780199226740 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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0199226741 (pbk. ; acid-free paper) |
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