About “Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets”
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is a book by Samuel Johnson that includes short biographies and critical evaluations of 52 poets. Most of the poets featured lived during the eighteenth century. The work organizes the poets in approximate order of their dates of death. It was published in two volumes between 1779 and 1781. The book provides insights into the lives and literary contributions of English poets from that period. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- Published
- 1779