18 books like Samuel Johnson

What to read after Samuel Johnson — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Poetry and belief in the work of T.S. Eliot Kristian Smidt · 1949 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging This title, first published in 1961, explores the general background of attitudes, beliefs and ideas from which Eliot’s works have originated. This study examines the influences of Eliot’s work, and includes Eliot’s personal views as told to the author. The book also looks at technique, structure and imagery of his poetry. This title will be of interest to students of literature. Shares: English, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

Poetical works of Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges · 1898 · ★ 3.7 · 484p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later poems.--Poems in classical prosody.--October, and other poems.--New verse.--Two pieces written after the war.--Index of titles and first lines. Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Don Juan Lord Byron · 1819 · ★ 3.6 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Poems George Meredith · 1851 · 623p · ≈ 20h · Demanding This is a poem book. Aurelius prudentius clemens, the greatest of the Latin Christian poets, was born in the year 348 during the consulship of Salia and Philip. The place of his birth is not known with certainty. Three cities of Hither Spain are designated by him as his own: Tarragona, Saragossa, and Calahorra. Partisans of each have claimed him as a native son with convincing arguments. In the… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Essays Matthew Arnold · 1865 · ★ 4.5 · 380p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The Victorian English poet and essayist Matthew Arnold was the archetypal sage writer, noted for his classical attacks on the tastes and manners of his time. His poetry is characterised by its classically poised, serene and grand style, which is often intimate, personal, full of romantic regret and nostalgic in tone. Arnold’s incisive essays chastised and instructed the reader on contemporary… Shares: English poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell · 1776 · ★ 3.8 · 567p · ≈ 18h · Demanding Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer. Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the… Shares: Johnson, Authors

Elegy written in a country churchyard Thomas Gray · 1751 · 25p · ≈ 50m · Demanding The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Gitanjali (song offerings) Rabindranath Tagore · 1910 · ★ 4.4 · 53p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Verse rendering in Sanskrit with English translation. Shares: English poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

An account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli James Boswell · 1768 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Demanding "This first complete reprint of James Boswell's book on Corsica since the eighteenth century is enhanced by comprehensive annotation, textual apparatus, and a critical introduction. Boswell designed his text in two parts, first, an "Account" of Corsica, which gives a historical, political, socioeconomic, and cultural overview of the Corsican people, and second, the "Journal" of his tour to see… Shares: Johnson, Authors

A preface to Wordsworth John Arthur Purkis · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Probably the most famous of the Romantic poets, William Wordsworth worked with and influenced many of the leading poets of the age. This excellent introduction to his life and works sets his writing firmly in the context of his times. John Purkis provides an outline of Wordsworth's life and cultural background and their effect on his work, and examines his verse, from the earliest school poems to… Shares: English, Authors, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

Departmental ditties and other verses Rudyard Kipling · 1800 · 94p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Departmental Ditties and other verses, Rudyard Kipling. TEI XML version of http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/k/kipling/rudyard/ditties/ . Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Poems Rudyard Kipling · 1899 · ★ 3.6 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Although Rudyard Kipling is chiefly remembered as the author of such classicsas _Kim_ and _The Jungle Book_, he was also a prodigious and widely read writer of verse, and is considered by many to be the poet of the British Empire. His poetry, like his fiction, gives eloquent expression to the lives of unsung men and women, children, and animals. Witty, profound, acerbic, and occasionally savage,… Shares: English, English poetry, Poetry, Short Stories

Poems Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1827 · ★ 3.6 A brief profile of the nineteenth century English poet, Alfred Tennyson, accompanies selections from some of his best known works. Shares: English, English poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

Peacock pie, a book of rhymes Walter De la Mare · 1913 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Peacock Pie presents an extensive selection of de la Mare's best poetry, in thematically themes sections such as are "Up and Down," "Boys and Girls," "Three Queer Tales," "Places and People," "Beasts," "Witches and Fairies," "Earth and Air," and "Songs." Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Language of Natural Description in Eighteenth-Century Poetry John Arthos · 1949 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Originally published in 1949, this title was written in order to help establish a better understanding of the ‘stock diction’ of eighteenth-century English poetry, and, in particular, of the diction commonly used in the description of nature. The language characteristic of so much of the poetry of this period had been severely criticized for a long time. But in the twenty or thirty years prior to… Shares: English, English poetry, Poetry

The lay of the last minstrel Sir Walter Scott · 1805 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Challenging This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print.… Shares: Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

The complete works of Robert Browning Volume XVI Robert Browning · 1800 · ★ 4.3 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Nineteen poems by Robert Browning include "My Last Duchess," "Porphyria's Lover," "Fra Lippo Lippi," and "Love among the Ruins." Shares: English, English poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

Paradise Lost John Milton · 1667 · ★ 3.9 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Demanding John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. The struggle rages across three worlds - heaven, hell, and earth - as Satan and his… Shares: English poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

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