{"product_id":"the-works-of-samuel-johnson-ll-d-together-with-his-life-and-notes-on-his-lives-of-the-poets-paperback-9781108031813","title":"The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; Together with his Life, and Notes on his Lives of the Poets (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108031813","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTogether with his Life, and Notes on his Lives of the Poets\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collected edition of Samuel Johnson's writings was published by his literary executor, the musicologist Sir John Hawkins, in 1787.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamuel Johnson (Author), John Hawkins (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108031813, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e534 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDr Samuel Johnson (1709–84) is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787 in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 11 contains poetry in English and Latin, prayers, and a variety of literary forms - a fantasy, The Vision of Theodore, Johnson's only play, Irene, Rasselas, which uses an oriental tale and a French form to meditate on the folly of the quest for human happiness, and The Vanity of Human Wishes, based on one of Juvenal's satires. There is also an index to the eleven-volume set.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTales and Visions: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abisinnia\u003cbr\u003e The Vision of Theodore, the hermit of Teneriffe, found in his cell\u003cbr\u003e The Apotheosis of Milton, a vision\u003cbr\u003e Prayers and devotional exercises\u003cbr\u003e Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions, and occasional reflections\u003cbr\u003e Irene, a tragedy\u003cbr\u003e Poems: London\u003cbr\u003e The Vanity of Human Wishes\u003cbr\u003e Miscellaneous poems\u003cbr\u003e Poemata\u003cbr\u003e Index to the works.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266028130584,"sku":"9781108031813","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108031813i.jpg?v=1694873665","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-works-of-samuel-johnson-ll-d-together-with-his-life-and-notes-on-his-lives-of-the-poets-paperback-9781108031813","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}