Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784

Overview

Works:	7,047 works in 20,948 publications in 7 languages and 363,218 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Dictionaries Fiction History Poetry Records and correspondence Diaries Portraits Periodicals
Subject Headings:	Authors, English Poets, English Authors, Scottish
Roles:	Editor, Translator, Author of introduction, Arranger, Compiler, Speaker, Composer, Honoree, Commentator for written text, Recipient, Collaborator, Adapter, Other, Originator, cnm, Bibliographic antecedent, Illustrator
Classifications:	PR3533, B

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Publications about Samuel Johnson

Publications by Samuel Johnson

Publications by Samuel Johnson, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Samuel Johnson

Life of Johnson by James Boswell ( Book )
Samuel Johnson by John Wain ( Book )
Samuel Johnson; a collection of critical essays by Donald Johnson Greene ( Book )
Boswell's Life of Johnson by James Boswell ( Book )
Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate ( Book )

Samuel Johnson and the culture of property by Kevin Hart ( )
Samuel Johnson by Joseph Wood Krutch ( Book )
Young Sam Johnson by James L Clifford ( Book )
Johnson, writing, and memory by Greg Clingham ( )
Twentieth century interpretations of Boswell's Life of Johnson; a collection of critical essays by James L Clifford ( Book )
Selected writings by Samuel Johnson ( )
The achievement of Samuel Johnson by Walter Jackson Bate ( Book )
Samuel Johnson : the struggle by Jeffrey Meyers ( Book )
Boswell's presumptuous task : the making of the life of Dr. Johnson by Adam Sisman ( Book )
Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D by James Boswell ( Book )
James Boswell's Life of Johnson an edition of the original manuscript by James Boswell ( )
The personal history of Samuel Johnson by Christopher Hibbert ( Book )
Samuel Johnson's literary criticism by Jean H Hagstrum ( Book )
The Yale edition of the works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
James Boswell, the later years, 1769-1795 by Frank Brady ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Samuel Johnson

The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
438 editions published between 1787 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 4,820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.'Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and philosophical questions concerning many aspects of the human condition, including the business of a poet, the stability of reason, the immortality of the soul, and how to find contentment. Johnson's adaptation of

Lives of the English poets by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
338 editions published between 1779 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 4,514 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A journey to the western islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson ( )
172 editions published between 1775 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,318 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Dictionary of the English language by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
362 editions published between 1755 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 3,095 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A dictionary with more than 40,000 entries which was a primary reference source for scholars and writers of the 18th and 19th century

Johnson's dictionary : a modern selection by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
26 editions published between 1963 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,022 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The seasons by James Thomson ( Book )
104 editions published between 1788 and 2005 in English and held by 1,783 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The letters of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
45 editions published between 1952 and 1994 in English and held by 1,733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A voyage to Abyssinia by Jerónimo Lobo ( )
40 editions published between 1735 and 1985 in English and held by 1,703 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Johnson reader by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
7 editions published between 1964 and 1966 in English and held by 1,612 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes "Life of Savage", "The history of Rasselas", "Life of Milton", the prefaces to the "Dictionary" and "Shakespeare", essays, poems, and a section of quotations that illustrate "Johnson talking"

The Prince of Abissinia A tale by Samuel Johnson, L.L.D by Samuel Johnson ( )
153 editions published between 1759 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
182 editions published between 1710 and 2010 in English and French and held by 1,471 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This collection was designed for optimal navigation on Kindle and other electronic devices. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography. Table of ContentsThe Adventurer and Idler 1753-54; 1758-60A Grammar of the English TongueA Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland 1775Lives of the English Poets: Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope 1779-81Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley 1779-81Lives of the Poets: Addison, Savage, Swift 1779-81Lives of the Poets: Gay, Thomson, Young, Gray etc

The rambler by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
192 editions published between 1751 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The poems of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
33 editions published between 1941 and 1974 in 3 languages and held by 1,307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
84 editions published between 1755 and 2001 in English and held by 1,253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Johnson on Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
66 editions published between 1908 and 1986 in English and held by 1,221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature. To which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities ; and a list of the cities, Boroughs, and market towns in England and Wales. Embellished with a portrait of Dr. Johnson by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
142 editions published between 1795 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson ( )
in English and held by 1,178 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Life of Joseph Addison by Samuel Johnson ( )
6 editions published between 1817 and 1961 in English and held by 1,177 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Rambler In four volumes. by Samuel Johnson ( )
108 editions published between 1756 and 1967 in English and held by 1,149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selected poetry and prose by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
6 editions published between 1977 and 1978 in English and held by 1,049 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A selection of Samuel Johnson's best work. This book comprises Johnson's letters, his major poems (including "London"), "Rasselas", twenty-one "Rambler", nineteen "Idlers", the "Prefaces to the Dictionary", the edition of Shakespeare, and the "Lives of the Poets: Cowley, Milton, Swift, Pope, Savage, Collins, and Gray."

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