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OverviewThis volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Accompanied by full scholarly apparatus, the edition enables students to study Johnson's work in the order in which it was written, and, wherever possible, using the text of the first published version. The volume presents a selection of Johnson's most important writings, drawn from all periods of his life. It reflects almost completely the range of literary forms in which Johnson wrote, including poetic translation, biographical sketches, literary criticism, and letters. It includes a broad selection from The Rambler (17501752) and The Idler (17581760), along with the travel narrative A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775), and a selection from The Lives of the Poets (1781). David Womersleys introduction explores how Johnsons mastery of style enabled him to adopt various personae, sometimes simultaneously, in order to communicate through many different genres and registers. Johnson is shown to be an active participant in the philosophical and social currents of his time. This selection reveals an author driven by deeply-held principles, concerned with how the ethical, political, and affective dimensions of language go beyond vocabulary and reach into the lives of its users. Explanatory notes and commentary are included to enhance the study, understanding, and enjoyment of these works, and the edition includes an Introduction to the life of Johnson, and a Chronology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Womersley (Thomas Warton Professor of English, Thomas Warton Professor of English, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.60cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 1.364kg ISBN: 9780198859246ISBN 10: 0198859244 Pages: 1344 Publication Date: 13 February 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chronology Note on the Texts Part I: Early Poetry and Prose to 1750 Translation of Horace, Odes, I.xxii (pre-1725) Translation of Horace, Epode, II (prob. 1726) Translation of Horace, Odes, II.xiv (prob. 1726) Translation of Horace, Odes, II.xx (prob. 1726) 'Festina Lente' (prob. late 1726) 'The Young Author' (1729) 'Annals' (1734) - from birth to 1719 Letter to Cave, 25 November, 1734 'Preface' to Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia (1 February, 1735) Letter to Cave, 12 July, 1737 London (12 May, 1738) 'Debates in the Senate of Magna Lilliputia' (June, 1738) 'A Prayer on my Birth-Day' (7 September, 1738) 'On Gay's Epitaph' (October, 1738) 'Life of Boerhaave' (January, 1739) A Compleat Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage (May, 1739) 'Prologue' to Lethe (April, 1740) 'An Epitaph on Claudy Philips, a Musician' (September, 1740) 'On Epitaphs' (December, 1740) Review of the Memoirs of the Duchess of Marlborough (March, 1742) Proposal for the Harleian Miscellany (November, 1742) Letter to Edward Cave, autumn 1743 Life of Savage (11 February, 1744) Introduction to the Harleian Miscellany (April, 1744) 'To Miss -, on her playing upon the harpsichord' (1746?) Prologue Spoken by Mr Garrick at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane (September, 1747) 'The Vision of Theodore' (7 April, 1748) The Vanity of Human Wishes (9 January, 1749) 'The Vanity of Wealth' (February, 1750) Part II: 'Dictionary' Johnson The Rambler (1750-1752): 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, 60, 63, 64, 70,71, 72, 73, 76, 77, 79, 85, 87, 90, 93, 101, 106, 108, 113, 114, 115, 121, 129, 134, 135, 137, 142, 146, 148, 151, 156, 158, 159, 161, 165, 167, 168, 170, 171, 176, 181, 183, 184, 188, 191, 196, 207, 208 'Life of Cheynel' (July, 1751) Sermon . . . for the Funeral of his Wife (prob. March, 1752) 'Prayers Composed on the Death of My Wife' (24 April-6 May 1752) The Adventurer (1752-1754): 39, 45, 50, 67, 69, 84, 85, 95, 99, 102, 107, 111, 119, 126, 137, 138 Diary entries, 22, 23, and 29 April, 1753 Letter to Thomas Warton, 16 July, 1754 'Preface' to the Dictionary of the English Language (15 April, 1755) Letter to the Earl of Chesterfield, 7 February, 1755 Letter to Bennet Langton, 6 May, 1755 Letter to Miss Hill Boothby, 31 December, 1755 Letter to Miss Hill Boothby, 8 January, 1756 Letter to Samuel Richardson, 16 March, 1756 'Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain' (15 May, 1756) Review of Warton, Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope (15 May, 1756) Review of Blackwell, Memoirs of the Court of Augustus (15 May, 1756) 'Observations on the Present State of Affairs' (15 August, 1756) Review of Hanway, An Essay on Tea (15 May, 1757) Review of Jenyns, Free Inquiry (15 May, 1757) 'Of the Duty of a Journalist' (8 April, 1758) The Idler (8 April 1758-1760): 1, 5, 10, 17, [22], 22, 23, 27, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38, 40, 41, 44, 48, 49, 50, 51, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 72, 81, 84, 88, 94, 100, 103 Letter to Sarah Johnson, 20 January, 1759 Letter to William Strahan, 20 January, 1759 Letter to Lucy Porter, 23 January, 1759 Diary entry and prayer, 23 January, 1759 Rasselas (26 June, 1759) 'The Bravery of the English Common Soldiers' (January, 1760) Review of Tytler's Mary Queen of Scots (October, 1760) Part III: The Great Cham of Literature Letter to Baretti, 10 June, 1761 Letter to Boswell, 8 December, 1763 Diary entry, 21 April, 1764 'A Reply to Impromptu Verses by Baretti' (1765?) Preface to The Plays of Shakespeare (10 October, 1765) Diary entry, 1 January, 1766 'The Fountains' (1 April, 1766) Letter to Boswell, 9 September, 1769 The False Alarm (16 January, 1770) Prayer on Easter Day, 31 March, 1771 'Parodies of Percy's Hermit of Warkworth' (prob. summer 1771) '????? ???????' (12 December, 1772) Letter to Boswell, 24 February, 1773 Diary entry, 22 July, 1773 Diary entry, 25 July, 1774 The Patriot (12 October, 1774) Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (18 January, 1775) - selection Letter to James Macpherson, 20 January, 1775 Taxation No Tyranny (8 March, 1775) Diary entry, 14 April, 1775 'To Mrs Thrale on her Thirty-Fifth Birthday' (presented 24 January, 1776) Diary entry for Easter Day, 7 April, 1776 'Lines on Thomas Warton's Poems' (early 1777?) Diary entry, 28 March, 1777 'Prologue' to Hugh Kelly's A Word to the Wise (29 May, 1777) Letter to William Dodd, 26 June, 1777 Letter to Richard Farmer, 22 July, 1777 'An Extempore Elegy' (1778?) 'A Short Song of Congratulation' (August, 1780) Lives of the Poets (1781) Letter to Thomas Lawrence, 17 January, 1782 Diary entry, 20 January, 1782 Letter to Thomas Lawrence, 1 May, 1782 Letter to Boswell, 7 September, 1782 'On the Death of Dr Robert Levet' (August, 1783) Correspondence with Mrs. Thrale, 2-8 July, 1784 Letter to Lord Thurlow, 9 September, 1784 Translation of Horace, Odes, IV.vii (November, 1784) Diary entry, 5 December, 1784 Appendices Appendix A: Johnson's prayer on beginning The Rambler. Appendix B: Johnson's revisions to The Rambler, no. 1. Appendix C: Bonnell Thornton's parody of The Rambler. Notes Texts Arranged by Genre Index of Short Titles Index of First Lines Index of Persons Index of SubjectsReviewsThis is easily the most comprehensive, visually attractive anthology of Johnson's poetry and prose ever produced. Its generous length permits inclusion of numerous less-known pieces; it is physically compact and easy to hold in the hands; and it includes black-and-white illustrations of title pages, a manuscript page, and a printer's proof page. * CHOICE * The astonishing range of [Johnson's] work is fairly represented in David Womersley's selection ... By giving each of them due weight, this superb new edition-a slab of a book-suggests a way of putting Johnson's life and his writing back together again. * Freya Johnston, London Review of Books * Womersley's elegant introduction interweaves biography with the literary forms that Johnson often single-handedly transformed, with compelling reflections on the anomalies and estrangements in his prose ... a richly representative volume * Jayne Lewis, Studies in English Literature * This is easily the most comprehensive, visually attractive anthology of Johnson's poetry and prose ever produced. Its generous length permits inclusion of numerous less-known pieces; it is physically compact and easy to hold in the hands; and it includes black-and-white illustrations of title pages, a manuscript page, and a printer's proof page. * CHOICE * The astonishing range of [Johnson's] work is fairly represented in David Womersley's selection ... By giving each of them due weight, this superb new edition-a slab of a book-suggests a way of putting Johnson's life and his writing back together again. * Freya Johnston, London Review of Books * Womersley's elegant introduction interweaves biography with the literary forms that Johnson often single-handedly transformed, with compelling reflections on the anomalies and estrangements in his prose ... a richly representative volume * Jayne Lewis, Studies in English Literature * The astonishing range of [Johnson's] work is fairly represented in David Womersley's selection ... By giving each of them due weight, this superb new edition--a slab of a book--suggests a way of putting Johnson's life and his writing back together again. * Freya Johnston, London Review of Books * This is easily the most comprehensive, visually attractive anthology of Johnson's poetry and prose ever produced. Its generous length permits inclusion of numerous less-known pieces; it is physically compact and easy to hold in the hands; and it includes black-and-white illustrations of title pages, a manuscript page, and a printer's proof page. * CHOICE * Author InformationDavid Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of St. Catherine's College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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