Much of Samuel Johnson's most oft-quoted and trenchant literary criticism is found in this series of 50 biographies, first published 1779-1781, written originally to accompany a special serialized edition of these poets' works. This new edition, the first unabridged edition in decades, contains Johnson's full essays on such literary giants of his time as Milton, Dryden, Pope, Cowley, Congreve, and Gray, as well as poets who were popular and influential in the 18th century but are sadly neglected today.
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), the English poet, essayist, journalist, lexicographer, and author of such classics as The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, was also one of the most formidable literary critics of his day; much of his most often quoted and trenchant criticism is found in his Lives.
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