The Samuel Johnson Page

( 1709 - 1784 )
Major Works of Johnson
See the following for Johnson in print: Rasselas, Poems and Selected Prose. Edited by Bertrand H. Bronson. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1958; Selected Writings. Edited and introduced by Patrick Crutwell. Penguin; The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. Edited by D. J. Enright. Penguin; and Samuel Johnson. Edited by Donald Greene. Oxford Authors, Oxford, 1984.
London: A Poem ( 1738 ). Modelled after Juvenal's Satire III.
An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Savage ( 1744 ). On Line
The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language ( 1747 ). On Line
Irene: A Tragedy ( 1749 ).
The Vanity of Human Wishes ( 1749; 1755 ). Modelled after Juvenal's Satire X. 1749 text from Renascence Editions.
The Rambler ( 1750-52; Book publication in six volumes, 1752 ). No. 60, No. 134 On Line.
A Dictionary of the English Language ( 1755; 1773 ).
Rasselas ( 1759 ). On Line from Jack Lynch. On Line from Bibliomania.
The Idler ( 1758-60; Book publication in two volumes, 1761 ).
The Plays of Shakespeare ( 1765; 1778 ).
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland ( 1775 ). Record of an extensive trip to the Hebrides with Boswell, who also wrote an account of the journey.
Prefaces Biographical and Critical to the Works of the English Poets ( 1770-81 ). Minus the works themselves, this work is known as The Lives of the English Poets.
Letters.Three Volumes. Edited by R. W. Chapman. Oxford, 1952

About Johnson
Walter Jackson Bate, Samuel Johnson. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
James Boswell, Life of Johnson. Edited by R. W. Chapman. Corrected by J. D. Fleeman, and with an introduction by Pat Rogers. Oxford, 1980.
A Samuel Johnson Page by Jack Lynch. Contains a guide to Johnson, numerous links to on-line works and other Web sites.
A Guide to Samuel Johnson by Jack Lynch.
Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page Also by Frank Lynch.
The Johnson Society of London
The Johnson Society (Lichfield)
Johnson Criticism from Internet Public Library.

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