The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 19 : Biographical Writings: Soldiers, Scholars, and Friends Hardback
by Samuel Johnson
Edited by O. M., Jr. Brack, Robert DeMaria
Part of the The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson series
Hardback
Description
Early biographies and other life writing by Samuel Johnson, performing in his favorite literary genre  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 of select military and political leaders (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.
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- Pages:616 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:04/10/2016
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- ISBN:9780300210958
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:616 pages
- Publisher:Yale University Press
- Publication Date:04/10/2016
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- ISBN:9780300210958
