{"product_id":"samuel-johnson-9780520035522","title":"Samuel Johnson","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThis is a major new selection of Samuel Johnson's best work, delightfully introduced by W. K. Wimsatt and scrupulously annotated by Frank Brady and Mr. Wimsatt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Johnson, the only writer in English since the Renaissance to give his name to a literary period, was the center of English letters in his time. He was Dictionary Johnson, the lexicographer who had single-handedly settled the English language (it was hoped) on a firm basis; he was the author of a handful of fine poems, including two of the most remarkable satires of the century; he was a moralist whose \u003ci\u003eRambler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIdler\u003c\/i\u003e essays, and novel-of-ideas \u003ci\u003eRasselas,\u003c\/i\u003e provided a searching view of men and matters. And in his final years he produced his greatest work, that extraordinary combination of biography and criticism which came to be known as the \u003ci\u003eLives of the Poets.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first extensive anthology of Johnson's writings to be published in many years emphasizes Johnson the writer. It responds to those aspects of Johnson's work of special interest to modern readers. It comprises a selection of Johnson's letters, all of his major poems (including \u003ci\u003eLondon\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eRasselas,\u003c\/i\u003e twenty-one \u003ci\u003eRambler,\u003c\/i\u003e nineteen \u003ci\u003eIdlers,\u003c\/i\u003e the Prefaces to the \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e and to the edition of Shakespeare, and the following \u003ci\u003eLives of the Poets:\u003c\/i\u003e Cowley, Milton, Swift, Pope, Savage, Collins, and Gray. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll these works are extensively annotated and printed complete. Mr. Wimsatt, one of the outstanding Johnsonians of this century, provides in his Introduction a clear, connected biographical account of Johnson, stressing his writings. An up-to-date bibliography is also included. Johnson's varied accomplishments—as poet, as moralist, as biographer, as critic—are all amply represented.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frank Brady","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48275150733563,"sku":"9780520035522","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_6ae85dae-12ee-40d2-90a8-746c6d469d96.jpg?v=1771086403","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/samuel-johnson-9780520035522","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}