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100 1 _aJohnson, Samuel,
_d1709-1784
245 1 0 _aJohnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2003
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lives_of_the_Most_Eminent_English_Poets
500 _aRelease date is 2003-11-01
505 0 _aAddison -- Savage -- Swift.
508 _aTranscribed from the 1888 Cassell & Company edition by Les Bowler
520 _a"Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1" by Samuel Johnson is a collection of biographies written between 1779-81. Commissioned by London publishers to compete with Scottish editions, Johnson crafted biographical sketches and critical assessments of 52 English poets, mostly from the eighteenth century. Though some prefaces began as brief introductions, many expanded into substantial explorations of each poet's life, character, and work. Johnson's judgments proved controversial from publication, with critics challenging his views on Milton, Gray, and Swift, among others. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEnglish poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
653 _aEnglish poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism
653 _aPoets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4679
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