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Samuel Johnson

Author:John Wain

Summary:A biography of the English poet, essayist, critic, and lexicographer regarded as an outstanding figure in 18th-century letters

Print Book, English, 1975, ©1974

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: Viking Press, New York, 1975, ©1974

Genre:collective biographies

Physical Description:388 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

ISBN:

9780670616718, 9780333132005, 9780333458754, 0670616710, 0333132009, 0333458753

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1056697

Subjects:

1700-1799

Authors, English

Authors, English 18th century Biography

Biographies

Critics

Critics Great Britain Biography

Critiques Grande-Bretagne Biographies

Écrivains anglais 18e siècle Biographies

Great Britain

Johnson, Samuel

Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

Lexicographers

Lexicographers Great Britain Biography

Lexicographes Grande-Bretagne Biographies

collective biographies

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Samuel Johnson.

Wain, John.

561455026

Contents:

Part I. In the Midlands

Part II. Grub Street

Part III. The Dictionary Years

Part IV. 'True, Evident and Actual Wisdom' == Part V. Turtle and Burgundy

Part VI. An Honourable Peace

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