{"product_id":"samuel-johnson-by-samuel-johnson-9780300113037","title":"Samuel Johnson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA one-volume collection of the prose and poetry of eighteenth-century Britain's pre-eminent lexicographer, critic, biographer, and poet Samuel Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSamuel Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e was eighteenth-century Britain’s preeminent man of letters, and his influence endures to this day. He excelled as a moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet. This anthology, designed to make Johnson’s essential works accessible to students and general readers, draws its texts from the definitive \u003cem\u003eYale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e. In most cases, texts are included in full rather than excerpted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe anthology includes many essays from \u003cem\u003eThe Rambler\u003c\/em\u003e and other periodicals; \u003cem\u003eRasselas\u003c\/em\u003e; the prefaces to Johnson’s \u003cem\u003eDictionary\u003c\/em\u003e and his edition of Shakespeare; the complete Lives of Cowley, Milton, Pope, Savage, and Gray, as well as generous selections from \u003cem\u003eA Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland\u003c\/em\u003e. Some parts are arranged thematically, allowing readers to focus on such topics as religion, marriage, war, and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe anthology includes a biographical introduction, and its ample annotation updates and enlarges the commentary in the \u003cem\u003eYale Edition\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471499509996,"sku":"9780300113037","price":77.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780300113037-samuel-johnson.jpg?v=1775245267","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/samuel-johnson-by-samuel-johnson-9780300113037","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}