{"product_id":"samuel-johnson-samuel-johnson-9780300113037","title":"Samuel Johnson: Selected Works","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn anthology of the essential and enduring works of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Samuel Johnson was eighteenth-century Britain's preeminent man of letters--moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet--and his influence endures to this day. This anthology, designed to make Johnson's essential works accessible to students and general readers, draws its texts from the definitive \u003ci\u003eYale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e. It includes many essays from \u003ci\u003eThe Rambler\u003c\/i\u003e and other periodicals; \u003ci\u003eRasselas\u003c\/i\u003e; the prefaces to Johnson's \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e and his edition of Shakespeare; the complete \u003ci\u003eLives\u003c\/i\u003e of Cowley, Milton, Pope, Savage, and Gray, as well as generous selections from \u003ci\u003eA Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The anthology is organized so that readers can focus on such topics as religion, marriage, war, and literature, and most texts are included in their entirety. The authors provide a biographical introduction and ample annotation to update and enlarge the commentary in the \u003ci\u003eYale Edition\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030011303X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300113037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.10w x 2.60d","brand":"Samuel Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043705221375,"sku":"9780300113037","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62a95721-ba7a-4d9d-a342-c09a8b70e5a5.jpg?v=1763875123","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/samuel-johnson-samuel-johnson-9780300113037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}