Lives of the Poets A Selection

Name: Lives of the Poets A Selection
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ISBN: 9780199226740

ISBN-10: 0199226741

ISBN-13: 9780199226740

Edition: 2009

Authors: Samuel Johnson, Roger Lonsdale, John Mullan Mullan

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Here is a substantial selection of Samuel Johnson's magisterial and unforgettable portraits of the lives of the English poets of the 17th and 18th centuries. Originally covering the lives of 52 poets, with the primary focus on Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope, Johnson's Lives was described by Thomas Gray as a "compendious story of a whole important age in English literature, told by a great man, and in a performance which is itself a piece of English literature of the first class." Unsentimental, opinionated, and quotable, The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned. This selection featuring the Lives of eleven of the most important poets draws from…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/3/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.72" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Cowley


Milton


Rochester


Dryden


Congreve


Gay


Savage


Swift


Pope


Gray