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Kiadó | Oxford University Press |
Kötés | Fűzött |
ISBN | 9780199538331 |
Nyelv | Angol |
Nyelvi szint | C2-anyanyelvi |
Sorozat | Oxford World\'s Classics |
criticism, and fiction - to give the essence of his work and thinking.
Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, thanks to his good friend Boswell, the subject of one of the most famous English
biographies.
This volume celebrates Johnson's astonishing talent by selecting widely across the full range of his work. It includes 'London' and 'The Vanity of Human Wishes' among other poems, and many of his essays for the Rambler and Idler. The prefaces to his
edition of Shakespeare and his famous Dictionary, together with samples from the texts, are given, as well as selections from A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, the Lives of the Poets, and Rasselas in its entirety. There is also a substantial
representation of lesser-known prose, and of his poetry, letters, and journals.