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Informationen zum Autor Samuel Johnson was an English writer who was born on September 18, 1709, and died on December 13, 1784. He was called "Dr. Johnson" by many people. He was a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he was "possibly the most famous writer in English history." Johnson became famous in his later years, and after he died, more and more people thought he had a lasting effect on literary criticism. Some even said he was the only truly great critic of English literature. In the 20th century, his ideas shaped the way people thought about literature, and his influence on biography will last for a long time. Johnson's Dictionary had a big impact on Modern English, and it was the best dictionary until the Oxford English Dictionary came along 150 years later. The biographer of Samuel Johnson, Walter Jackson Bate, chose James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson as "the most famous single work of biographical art in all of literature." Klappentext This collected edition of Samuel Johnson's writings was published by his literary executor! the musicologist Sir John Hawkins! in 1787. Zusammenfassung Dr Samuel Johnson (1709–84) is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Volume 9 contains various critical pieces, essays on philosophical matters, and papers about the Dictionary and his edition of Shakespeare. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Adventurer; Philological Tracts: The plan of an English dictionary; Preface to the English Dictionary; Proposals for printing the dramatick works of William Shakespeare, printed in the year 1756; Preface to Shakespeare, published in the year 1768; General observations on the plays of Shakespeare; An account of the Harleian Library; An essay on the origin and importance of small tracts and fugitive pieces; Some account of a book called The Life of Benvenuto Cellini; A view of the controversy between Mons. Crousaz and Mr. Warburton, on the subject of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man; Preliminary discourse to the London Chronicle, January 1, 1757; Introduction to The World Displayed; The preface to The Preceptor, containing a general plan of education; Preface to Rolt's Dictionary; Preface to the translation of Father Lobo's voyage to Abissinia; An essay on epitaphs....
