The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Together with his Life, and Notes on his Lives of the Poets

By:

Samuel Johnson

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

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Dr Samuel Johnson (1709–84) is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787 in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 11 contains poetry in English and Latin, prayers, and a variety of literary forms - a fantasy, The Vision of Theodore, Johnson's only play, Irene, Rasselas, which uses an oriental tale and a French form to meditate on the folly of the quest for human happiness, and The Vanity of Human Wishes, based on one of Juvenal's satires. There is also an index to the eleven-volume set.

Release date NZ

June 2nd, 2011

Author

Samuel Johnson

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by John Hawkins

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

534

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

Dimensions

140x216x30

ISBN-13

9781108031813

Product ID

10877384

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