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Life of Samuel Johnson. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1791) by James Boswell is a biography of English writer Samuel Johnson. The work was from the beginning a critical and popular success, and represents a landmark in the development of the modern genre of biography. It is notable for its extensive reports of Johnson's conversation.
31 de may. de 2024 · Samuel Johnson - Poet, Critic, Lexicographer: Johnson’s last great work, Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (conventionally known as The Lives of the Poets), was conceived modestly as short prefatory notices to an edition of English poetry. When Johnson was approached by some London booksellers in 1777 to write what he thought of as “little Lives, and ...
塞缪尔·詹森（英語： Samuel Johnson ，1709年9月7日（儒略历 ）—1784年12月3日），常稱為詹森博士（Dr. Johnson），英國历史上最有名的文人之一，集文评家、诗人、散文家、传记家於一身。 前半生名聲不顯，直到他花了九年時間獨力編出的《詹森字典》（ A Dictionary of the English Language ），為他贏得了聲 ...
Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784) es, tras Shakespeare, la figura literaria más importante de Inglaterra. Su fama ha quedado perpetuada por la famosísima obra de James Boswell La vida de Samuel Johnson (Acantilado, 2007). Ensayista, poeta y filósofo, su ópera magna es, en cambio, un Diccionario de la lengua inglesa (1755).
Samuel Johnson - Literary Critic, Poet, Lexicographer: Johnson is well remembered for his aphorisms, which contributed to his becoming one of the most frequently quoted of English writers. Many of these are recorded in Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., including his famous assertion “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” and his admonition “Clear your mind of cant.”
Poeta, lessicografo, saggista e biografo sono solo alcuni dei meriti con i quali viene ricordato Samuel Johnson; ma la sua attività fu anche e forse soprattutto quella di critico letterario. Nasce il 18 settembre 1709 in Inghilterra a Lichfield (Staffordshire). Nel 1764 fonda il celebre circolo letterario, ''The Club'', il quale diverrà poi ''Literary Club''. Tra i membri originari del Club ...
24 de mar. de 2022 · Samuel Johnson (often referred to as "Doctor Johnson"), literary titan of the 18th century — essayist, lexicographer, poet, editor, critic, and famous talker — is the second most quoted person in the English language, after Shakespeare. More than a thousand quotes and snippets are here, organized by theme (see the Topical Guide ), and ...
