Samuel Johnson
Published: 2019-12-06
Total Pages: 165
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"Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope" by Samuel Johnson contains short biographies and critical appraisals of 52 poets, most of whom lived during the eighteenth century. These were arranged, approximately, by the date of death. Abraham Cowley, Sir John Denham, John Milton, Samuel Butler, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon, Thomas Otway, Edmund Waller, and John Pomfret are just some of the honored poets.