18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784
Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
A dictionary of the English language
1747
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
1759
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
1775
Lives of the poets
1820
Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
2002
The rambler
1750
The lives of the most eminent English poets
1779
Prayers and meditations
1785
Prentice Hall Literature--The British Tradition
2000
Preface to Shakespeare
2004
Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler
1968
Johnson on Shakespeare
1908
The Major Works
2000
Johnson's English dictionary
1830
The Selected Writings of Samuel Johnson
1981
The idler
1761
[The works of Samuel Johnson]
1903
London
1738
Johnson
1950
Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare
1960
The vanity of human wishes
1749
Selected works
1965
The works of Samuel Johnson
1903
