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==further reading== | ==further reading== | ||
| + | * [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1564 Boswell's ''Life''], downloadable etext from Project Gutenberg | ||
* Martin, Peter. ''Samuel Johnson: A Biography'' (2008), standard scholarly biography | * Martin, Peter. ''Samuel Johnson: A Biography'' (2008), standard scholarly biography | ||
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===Primary sources=== | ===Primary sources=== | ||
* Johnson, Samuel. ''Samuel Johnson: The Major Works,'' ed. by Donald Greene (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/Samuel-Johnson-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199538336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256974594&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] | * Johnson, Samuel. ''Samuel Johnson: The Major Works,'' ed. by Donald Greene (2009) [http://www.amazon.com/Samuel-Johnson-Oxford-Worlds-Classics/dp/0199538336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256974594&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] | ||
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Revision as of 13:43, October 31, 2009
Template:Stub Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), almost invariably referred to in literary circles as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer in nearly all known genres. His master work is his Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755. Johnson was a conservative and is the subject of the touchstone of all English biographies James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.
further reading
- Boswell's Life, downloadable etext from Project Gutenberg
- Martin, Peter. Samuel Johnson: A Biography (2008), standard scholarly biography
Primary sources
- Johnson, Samuel. Samuel Johnson: The Major Works, ed. by Donald Greene (2009) excerpt and text search