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Lives of the Poets was a work by Samuel Johnson, comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. It is arranged, approximately, by date of death. Six of the Lives have been singled out as the most "important": John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Jonathan Swift, and Thomas Gray. One of the lives, Richard Savage, was previously printed as Life of Mr Richard Savage in 1744.
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Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson
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- Released
- 1975
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- Title
- Lives of the English Poets
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Samuel Johnson
- Publisher
- Dutton Adult
- Released
- 1975
- Pages
- 470
- ISBN10
- 0460017705
- ISBN13
- 9780460017701
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Literary Studies, Biographies, Literary Criticism, 18th century, Criticism
- Description
- Lives of the Poets was a work by Samuel Johnson, comprising short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. It is arranged, approximately, by date of death. Six of the Lives have been singled out as the most "important": John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Jonathan Swift, and Thomas Gray. One of the lives, Richard Savage, was previously printed as Life of Mr Richard Savage in 1744.