1826 The Lives of the English Poets

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Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Complete in two volumes. Dove's English Classics. With a frontispiece and illustrated title to each volume. A collection of fifty-two short biographies and critical appraisals of poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. Johnson was asked by a deputation of London publishers and booksellers, led by Thomas Davies, William Strahan and Thomas Cadell, to provide short biographies for a standard edition of poets in whom they had an interest. These volumes include writings on poets such as Cowley, Milton, Walsh, Dryden, Addison, Somerville, Collins, and more. Written by Samuel Johnson, an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.