| The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 19: Biographical Writings: Soldiers, Scholars, and Friends Contributor(s): Johnson, Samuel (Author), Brack, O. M. (Editor), DeMaria, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0300210957 ISBN-13: 9780300210958 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $136.62 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 828.609 |
| LCCN: 57011918 |
| Series: Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.8" (1.90 lbs) 616 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 select military and political men (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. |