
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 19
Biographical Writings: Soldiers, Scholars, and Friends
Samuel Johnson(Author)
Yale University Press
Published on 23. August 2016
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Hardback
616 pages
978-0-300-21095-8 (ISBN)
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Early biographies and other life writing by Samuel Johnson, performing in his favorite literary genre
Well before publishing the Lives of the Poets, Samuel Johnson was an accomplished biographer, having written the lives of numerous scholars, scientists, philosophers, critics, and theologians (including Peter Burnham, Sir Thomas Browne, and Confucius) as well as of select military and political leaders (such as Sir Francis Drake, Admiral Blake, and Frederick the Great). This volume contains these earlier biographies as well as epitaphs and obituaries for ordinary individuals with whom Johnson shared a personal connection. This collection of life writing displays Johnson performing in his favorite literary genre in the many years before he wrote his celebrated Lives of the Poets.
Well before publishing the Lives of the Poets, Samuel Johnson was an accomplished biographer, having written the lives of numerous scholars, scientists, philosophers, critics, and theologians (including Peter Burnham, Sir Thomas Browne, and Confucius) as well as of select military and political leaders (such as Sir Francis Drake, Admiral Blake, and Frederick the Great). This volume contains these earlier biographies as well as epitaphs and obituaries for ordinary individuals with whom Johnson shared a personal connection. This collection of life writing displays Johnson performing in his favorite literary genre in the many years before he wrote his celebrated Lives of the Poets.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
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Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
880 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-21095-8 (9780300210958)
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was a poet, essayist, biographer, and editor. O. M. Brack, Jr.(1938-2012), was emeritus professor in the Department of English at Arizona State University. Robert DeMaria, Jr., is the Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English at Vassar College.