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23 de abr. de 2024 · Samuel Johnson (born September 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England—died December 13, 1784, London) was an English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. Johnson once characterized literary biographies as “mournful narratives,” and ...
- The Gentleman's Magazine and Early Publications
Samuel Johnson - Literary Critic, Poet, Lexicographer: In...
- The Lives of the Poets
Samuel Johnson - Poet, Critic, Lexicographer: Johnson’s last...
- The Edition of Shakespeare
The edition of Shakespeare of Samuel Johnson. The pension...
- Achievement and Reputation
Samuel Johnson - Literary Critic, Poet, Lexicographer:...
- Maturity and Recognition
Samuel Johnson - Literary Critic, Poet, Lexicographer: In...
- Rasselas
Rasselas, philosophical romance by Samuel Johnson published...
- The Gentleman's Magazine and Early Publications
Há 2 dias · Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.
- 13 December 1784 (aged 75), London, England
- Pembroke College, Oxford
- English, Latin
- Tory
25 de abr. de 2024 · Criticism, for Samuel Johnson, was female, her votaries for the most part malicious, ineffectual men. In an early issue of the Rambler from 1750, Criticism is presented as ‘the eldest daughter of Labour and of Truth’, charged by the Muses with distinguishing good from bad writing and duty-bound to confer immortality or oblivion.
- Philip Smallwood
- September 18, 2023
Há 5 dias · James Boswell (born October 18 [October 29, New Style], 1740, Edinburgh, Scotland—died May 19, 1795, London, England) was a friend and biographer of Samuel Johnson ( Life of Johnson, 2 vol., 1791). The 20th-century publication of his journals proved him to be also one of the world’s greatest diarists. Edinburgh and London.
Há 2 dias · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] .
- Modern
- American Realism
- from 1863
8 de mai. de 2024 · Genealogy for Samuel Johnson (1781 - d.) family tree on Geni, with over 260 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. People Projects Discussions Surnames
Há 1 dia · James Monroe ( / mənˈroʊ / mən-ROH; April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, a member of the Democratic-Republican Party.
