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Lives of the English poets : a selection

Author: Samuel Johnson; John Wain
Publisher: London : Dent ; New York : Dutton, 1975.
Series: Everyman's library.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Early works
Biography Early works to 1800
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Samuel Johnson; John Wain
ISBN: 046000770X 9780460007702 0460017705 9780460017701 046011770X 9780460117708
OCLC Number: 3074231
Description: xxi, 470 pages ; 19 cm
Contents: Abraham Cowley --
John Milton --
Earl of Rochester --
John Dryden --
Joseph Addison --
Richard Savage --
Alexander Pope --
Jonathan Swift --
James Thomson --
William Collins --
Thomas Gray.
Series Title: Everyman's library.
Other Titles: Lives of the English poets.
Responsibility: Samuel Johnson ; [edited with an] introduction by John Wain.

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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/919242753#Topic\/poets_english<\/a>> # Poets, English<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nrdfs:seeAlso<\/a> <http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh2010106662<\/a>> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Poets, English<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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