02220cam a22003613u 45000010005000000030007000050050017000120060002000290070005000310080041000360400011000770410017000880500007001051000032001122450033001442460035001772640051002123000047002633360026003103370026003363380036003625000106003985000031005045050284005355080083008195200666009025340045015686530071016136530060016846530055017448560042017999990017018419823UtSlPG20260610133236.0mcr n260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aJohnson, Samuel,d1709-178410aLives of the Poets, Volume 11 aThe Lives of the English Poets 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2006  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lives_of_the_Most_Eminent_English_Poets  aRelease date is 2006-02-010 aCowley -- Denham -- Milton -- Butler -- Rochester -- Roscommon -- Otway -- Waller -- Pomfret -- Dorset -- Stepney -- J. Philips -- Walsh -- Dryden -- Smith -- Duke -- King -- Sprat -- Halifax -- Parnell -- Garth -- Rowe -- Addison -- Hughes -- Sheffield, duke of Buckinghamshire.  aProduced by Jonathan Ingram, Jayam Subramanian and PG Distributed Proofreaders  a"Lives of the Poets, Volume 1" by Samuel Johnson is a collection of biographies written between 1779-81. This landmark work presents short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 English poets, most from the eighteenth century. Commissioned by London publishers to compete with Scottish editions, Johnson crafted portraits that blend life narratives with character assessments and literary criticism. His judgments sparked immediate controversy—praised for compelling prose yet criticized for prejudiced opinions on Milton, Swift, and the Metaphysical poets, while conspicuously omitting women writers entirely. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aEnglish poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism  aEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism  aPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 180040uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9823  c51444d51444