The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
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Target entity: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets Context triple: [Samuel Johnson, notableWork, The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets]
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The Progress of Poesy
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The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry
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The Poetical Works of Anna Seward
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The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
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Of the Love of Fame
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets Target entity description: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
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A.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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B.
The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry
The Seeds and Fruits of English Poetry is a major unfinished painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Ford Madox Brown that allegorically celebrates the development and legacy of English literature.
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C.
The Poetical Works of Anna Seward
The Poetical Works of Anna Seward is a collected volume of poems by the 18th-century English Romantic-era writer often called the “Swan of Lichfield,” showcasing her elegiac and sentimental verse.
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D.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table is an 1872 collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., continuing his popular series of reflective, humorous breakfast-table dialogues.
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E.
Of the Love of Fame
"Of the Love of Fame" is a section of David Hume’s moral philosophy in which he analyzes the human desire for reputation and esteem as a key motive in ethical behavior.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
biographical work
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essay collection ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Lives of the Poets ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | neoclassicism ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Johnson ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | London booksellers ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | edition of English poets ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| criticalApproach |
historical criticism
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moral criticism ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod |
17th century English poetry
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18th century English poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
criticism
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literary biography ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
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Life of Abraham Cowley
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Life of Alexander Pope
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Life of Edmund Waller
Life of Edward Young ⓘ Life of Isaac Watts ⓘ James Thomson ⓘ
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Life of James Thomson
Life of John Denham ⓘ The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Life of John Dryden
Life of John Gay ⓘ The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Life of John Milton
Life of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham ⓘ Life of Jonathan Swift ⓘ Joseph Addison ⓘ
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Life of Joseph Addison
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Life of Matthew Prior
Nicholas Rowe ⓘ
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Life of Nicholas Rowe
Life of Oliver Goldsmith ⓘ Life of Samuel Butler ⓘ Life of Sir Richard Blackmore ⓘ The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Life of Thomas Gray
Life of Thomas Otway ⓘ Life of Thomas Parnell ⓘ The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Life of William Collins
Life of William Congreve ⓘ |
| influenced | later English literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan literature ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
incisive literary judgments
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vivid character portraits ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major critical work of Samuel Johnson ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| subject |
English poetry
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English poets ⓘ biography ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ |
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