Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets By Samuel Johnson

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Poets, English.
• English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
• English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

10 v. : 16 cm.

Other Title:

• Lives of the most eminent English poets.
• Johnson's prefaces.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J. Nichols, for C. Bathurst [etc.], 1779-81.

Contents:

• V. 1. Prefaces to Cowley and Waller.
• v. 2. Prefaces to Milton and Butler.
• v. 3. Preface to Dryden.
• v. 4. Prefaces to Denham, Sprat, Roscommon, Rochester, Yalden, Otway, Duke, Dorset, Halifax, Stepney, Walsh, Garth, King, J. Philips, Smith, Pomfret, Hughes.
• v. 5. Prefaces to Addison, Blackmore, and Sheffield.
• v. 6. Prefaces to Granville, Rowe, Tickell, Congreve, Fenton, and Prior.
• v. 7. Preface to Pope.
• v. 8. Prefaces to Swift, Gay, Broome, Pitt, Parnell, A. Philips, and Watts.
• v. 9. Prefaces to Savage, Somervile, Thomson, Hammond, and Collins.
• v. 10. Prefaces to Young, Dyer, Mallet, Shenstone, Akenside, Lyttelton, West, and Gray.

Notes:

• Later published under title: The lives of the most eminent English poets.
• Spine title: Johnson's prefaces.

Local Notes:

HSP copies on deposit in the Library Company of Philadlephia.

OCLC:

3216602