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May 31, 2024 · Samuel Johnson - Poet, Critic, Lexicographer: Johnson’s last great work, Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (conventionally known as The Lives of the Poets), was conceived modestly as short prefatory notices to an edition of English poetry. When Johnson was approached by some London booksellers in 1777 to write what he thought of as “little Lives, and little Prefaces, to a little edition of the English Poets,” he readily agreed. He loved anecdote and ...
Samuel Johnson (usually known as Dr Johnson) (18 September 1709– 13 December 1784) was an English author, poet, moralist and literary critic. One of Dr Johnson’s greatest contributions was publishing, in 1747, The Dictionary of the English Language. “Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more […]
Dec 5, 2017 · Johnson’s own biography was recorded by his friend James Boswell, who published his celebrated Life of Samuel Johnson in 1791. An integral dimension of Johnson’s literary output and personality was his literary criticism, which was to have a huge impact on English letters. His famous Preface to, and edition of, Shakespeare’s plays played ...
Samuel Johnson was born on September 18, 1709 (N.S.) in the country town of Lichfield in Staffordshire, the son of Michael Johnson, aged 50, a bookseller and stationer, and his wife Sara, aged 37. The elder Johnson was prone, as his son would be, to bouts of melancholy, but he was a man of some local repute — at the time of Johnson's birth, he was Sheriff of the city.
Sep 5, 2023 · Samuel Johnson was a famous poet, playwright, and essayist during the neoclassical era of English literature, which comprised the first half of the eighteenth century under the reigns of Queen ...
Samuel Johnson is an esteemed English writer who became a prominent literary figure in England in the 18th century. Johnson is known for writing profound poetry, fiction, moralizing essays, and political pieces. Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England on September 18, 1709.
Jun 8, 2018 · Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784) The writings of the English author and lexicographer express a profound reverence for the past modified by an energetic independence of mind. The mid-18th century in England is often called the Age of Johnson. Samuel Johnson was born in Litchfield, Staffordshire, on September 18, 1709.
