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Samuel Johnson: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) Reissue Edition

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Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, thanks to his good friend Boswell, the subject of one of the most famous English biographies.

This volume celebrates Johnson's astonishing talent by selecting widely across the full range of his work. It includes "London" and "The Vanity of Human Wishes" among other poems, and many of his essays for the Rambler and Idler. The prefaces to his edition of Shakespeare and his famous Dictionary, together with samples from the texts, are given, as well as selections from A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, the Lives of the Poets, and Rasselas in its entirety. There is also a substantial representation of lesser-known prose, and of his poetry, letters, and journals.

This edition represents the single most comprehensive anthology of Johnson's works. With a new, modern package this is an invaluble classic to add to your collection.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, novelist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. The late Donald Greene was a Professor Emeritus of English, University of Southern California.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Reissue edition (April 15, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 880 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199538336
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300270495
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.6 x 2 x 5.1 inches
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  • Chris Booth
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Intro to Johnson's Work
    Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2016
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    Johnson is a bit problematic for the modern reader, I suspect. He was a scholar, he was a critic, he was a lexicographer, he was a novelist, he was an essayist, he was a poet. His straightforward intelligence was rigorously formal, and we are not used to that in our era. We tend to compartmentalize authors, and Johnson would not fit in modern categories. His poetry was formal and intellectual; although he has a relatively small body of work, he was an absolute master. This book is a very good introduction to his work, but I purchased it for its selection of Doctor Johnson's poetry, and I am very glad I did. This is a book to read and return to through a lifetime. Here be depths.
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  • Jonathan Williamson
    5.0 out of 5 stars english grumpy
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2012
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    well worth it just for the fact it contains parts of the hard to find and expensive The Rambler" works. not for the light readers but his thoughs and messages come across quite clear. an astute reader of human nature and social challenges and changes that happened and are happening now. i am a huge english lit nerd,so keep that in mind.
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  • Aran Joseph Canes
    4.0 out of 5 stars Should Be Part of Any Curriculum
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2017
    This compilation is ideal for the novice reader of Johnson. A wide selection of his writings are included, particularly those which are of interest to the contemporary reader such as the introduction to his dictionary, his introduction to the works of Shakespeare and his novella Rasselas.

    I particularly enjoyed that Johnson writes like a modern intellectual. Although part of the great tradition of English writers that started in the Elizabethan Renaissance, Johnson seems closer to a Christopher Hitchens than a Butler or a Laud.

    As other reviewers have noted, this is a selection to read and reread every so often. Every reading is sure to deliver new insights into the human condition.

    I only wish that more American high schools and colleges would introduce writers like Johnson into their curriculum. Young readers should find him surprisingly interesting and pertinent to modern issues.
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  • Flipco
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best collection
    Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2018
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    If you are a Samuel Johnson fan, this is the collection you want, it will keep you busy for years if you can handle that much of Johnson's concentrated mind and style.
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  • Mark Campbell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Smart guy
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020
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    Oldie but goodie
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  • James W. Seubert
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sam Johnson's works
    Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019
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    Works by a great intellectual!
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  • Okie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017
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    Something to read over a good glass of Sherry and your favorite pipe.
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  • Mr. Kevin C. Jones
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good stuffitallin to a brick book, hard as a reference
    Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2010
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    There are reasons for getting hardback copies of these books - you don't break the spine at your first perusal for a start. And they don't push the page margins and typeface to the point that you need those special glasses and thin thumbs just to read it. These comments apply to this paperback only.

    As to the content, you will find many of your favourites here, truncated sometimes for no reasons apparent, and mixed with quotidia of interest only to Johnsonian scholars. The Index is a mess, and the Contents Table will have you breaking the spine even more.

    I would condemn it to Kindle/IPad, except that neither could produce a search engine sophisticated enough to understand the nuance and intelligence behind his simple prattle.
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  • Marc Thierry-Wilkinson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tout
    Reviewed in France on March 2, 2020
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    Intérêt personnel et professionnel pour la littérature et pour cet auteur important.
    Bien d’avoir une bonne anthologie de son œuvre (servie par un bon choix)dans la main!
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  • M. Molnar
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great trove of rare materials
    Reviewed in Canada on May 6, 2014
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    Rather than deeply looking at one or two aspects of this remarkable writer, this book does an uncommonly good job of taking a brief look at virtually every single side of this hero of English literature.

    As a result, it is a quite fragmented, and in many areas can't delve as deeply into the heart of Johnson (the way the Peter Martin Tercentenary Celebration can go so richly into his moral essays, for example)...but it has so many little gems throughout the entire collection and covers such a remarkably broad spectrum as to more than make up for any minor (and understandably inevitable) shortcomings.

    For fans of Johnson, or any true lovers of the English language, this is an excellent resource.
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  • Didier
    5.0 out of 5 stars Food for thought and manna for the soul
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 13, 2011
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    Just days ago Samuel Johnson was to me little more than a sort of literary giant of whom I knew virtually nothing: 'the author of the Dictionary of the English Language', and the subject of James Boswell's biography, that about sums it up. To my mind he was not so much an author himself but rather a lexicographer, and a critic writing about other authors. I had neither read anything by Johnson himself, nor Boswell's biography. And then, on a whim, I decided this would not do, so I purchased the Oxford World's Classics edition of 'The Major Works'.

    To my astonishment, and great delight, Johnson turned out to be as prolific and diversified a writer as few others. This book contains an overwhelming range of literary output: poetry (and good poetry it often is too), criticism (and not just literary), essays, biography, travel writing, fiction. Even better, in his writings Johnson comes across as an astonishing talent and a fascinating man. A true 'uomo universalis', writing - often with great verve and sound judgement - on the most diverse topics: marriage, sorrow, political partisanship, how to become a critic, capital punishment, epitaphs, .... And whatever the subject, Samuel Johnson has a style completely his own: at times dense, always learned and astute, and often full of irony and wit.

    I've read less than half this massive book (792 pages, not counting the introduction and notes) as I'm writing this, but I simply could not restrain myself from extolling Johnson's praise. I personally found this not so much a book to read from cover to cover (my deepest respects to those who do), rather to keep on my bedside table, and from time to time take in hand and read a small bit (as I do with Montaigne's The Complete Essays (Penguin Classics)). Each time I do, I come away with some new insight, looking at something familiar from a completely new angle, and a confirmation of Johnson's eminently sound judgement. Just to whet your appetite, consider how he characterizes Mr Richard Savage, whose biography he wrote: 'It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger.'

    This is the sort of book (and author) that becomes a lifelong friend.
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  • MS L A McPherson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Accessable
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 30, 2020
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    I hadn't read any of Johnson's works before buying this volume and have found him eminently readable and surprisingly modern in outlook. Recommended.
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  • Ataraxia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Prince of Abyssinia" so I was pleased to find this Kindle edition of his major works ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2018
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    I wanted to read "The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia" so I was pleased to find this Kindle edition of his major works for 90p which includes this story and much more.
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