Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 299 Johnson, Samuel 1709 1784 Lives of the English Poets Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray, &c. King -- Halifax -- Parnell -- Garth -- Rowe -- Gay -- Tickell -- Somervile -- Thomson -- Watts -- A. Philips -- West -- Collins -- Dyer -- Shenstone -- Young -- Mallet -- Akenside -- Gray -- Lyttelton. Transcribed from the 1889 Cassell and Company edition by Les Bowler "Lives of the English Poets" by Samuel Johnson is a biographical collection written in the early 18th century. This work presents an array of poetic figures from the English literary canon, focusing on their lives, contributions, and the circumstances that shaped their artistry. Notable subjects include figures like Edward Young, William King, and John Gay, as Johnson examines both their literary merit and personal experiences. The opening of this work introduces the reader to the premise and structure of the collection, specifically noting that it includes twenty lives of English poets, with particular attention given to Edward Young. Johnson provides a chronological account of poets born in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, such as Samuel Garth, Charles Montague, and William Collins, discussing their literary achievements in relation to their backgrounds and the social dynamics of their time. He sets the stage for a deeper exploration of these writers, hinting at the varied themes and life stories that will follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism English poetry -- 18th century -- History and criticism Poets, English -- Biography -- Early works to 1800 PR Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 367252 367155 2024-10-02T13:39:28.997705 2023-10-02T11:28:46.028045 text/html text/html 370289 2020-05-31T05:56:36 text/html; charset=us-ascii 694791 2020-05-31T06:04:10 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 694567 2024-10-02T13:39:33.663665 application/epub+zip 698480 2024-10-02T13:39:29.777650 application/epub+zip 189554 2024-10-02T13:39:29.377697 application/epub+zip 817642 2024-10-02T13:39:37.016609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 785112 2024-10-02T13:39:33.227660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277533 2022-09-03T03:52:11.811419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350508 350458 2024-10-02T13:39:28.392658 2023-10-02T11:28:45.630043 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 350733 2020-05-31T05:56:19 text/plain; charset=utf-8 134835 2020-05-31T06:04:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20208 2024-10-02T13:39:37.151603 application/rdf+xml 28673 2024-10-02T13:39:29.449659 image/jpeg 4128 2024-10-02T13:39:29.414649 image/jpeg 698551 2024-10-02T13:39:29.042677 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia