Biographical writings : soldiers, scholars, and friends
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Biographical writings : soldiers, scholars, and friends
（The Yale edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, v. 19）
Yale University Press, 2016
Available at 24 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Early biographies and other life writing by Samuel Johnson, performing in his favorite literary genre
Well before publishing the Lives of the Poets, Samuel Johnson was an accomplished biographer, having written the lives of numerous scholars, scientists, philosophers, critics, and theologians (including Peter Burnham, Sir Thomas Browne, and Confucius) as well as of select military and political leaders (such as Sir Francis Drake, Admiral Blake, and Frederick the Great). This volume contains these earlier biographies as well as epitaphs and obituaries for ordinary individuals with whom Johnson shared a personal connection. This collection of life writing displays Johnson performing in his favorite literary genre in the many years before he wrote his celebrated Lives of the Poets.
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