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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsTHELIVESOFTHEPOETSSamuelJohnsonwasbornin1709inLichfield,Staffordshire.Thesonofanimpecuniousbookseller,heexperiencedpovertythrough-outthefirstpartofhislife,and,inspiteofhisformidablementalendowments,wasabletoattendPembrokeCollege,Oxford,foronlyayear.Aftermoving
2、toLondonin1737,heearnedhislivingbymiscellaneousjournalismformanyyears,untilhisRambleressaysandthefirsthistoricaldictionaryoftheEnglishlanguagebroughthimfame.Agovernmentpensionof£300ayearrelievedhimfromnecessity,andinthelaterpartofhislifehecametoberegardedasthegreatestliteraryfigu
3、reofhistimeinEngland.Amonghismostnotedworksarehispoem‘TheVanityofHumanWishes’,hisperiodicalessays,hismoraltaleRasselas,hiseditionofShakespeare’splays,andTheLivesofthePoets.Hediedin1784andwasburiedinWestminsterAbbey.RogerLonsdale,formerlyProfessorofEnglishLiteratureattheUniversi
4、tyofOxford,isanEmeritusFellowofBalliolCollege.HispublicationsincludeTheNewOxfordBookofEighteenth-CenturyVerse(1984)andEighteenth-CenturyWomenPoets:AnOxfordAnthology(1989).Hisfour-volumeeditionofTheLivesofthePoetsappearedin2006.JohnMullanisProfessorofEnglishatUniversityCollegeLo
5、ndon.HispublicationsincludeHowNovelsWork(2006),Anonymity:ASecretHistoryofEnglishLiterature(2007),andeditionsofDanielDefoe.Abroadcasterandliteraryjournalist,hewritesaweeklycolumnonfictionfortheGuardiannewspaper.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtr
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