The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1

Diaries, Prayers, and Annals

Samuel Johnson, E. McAdam, Donald and Mary Hyde , Mary Hyde

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English

Yale University
10 September 1958

Diaries, letters & journals; Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays

Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson

Although Samuel Johnson is recognized as the central English literary figure of the second half of the eighteenth century, and the period is often referred to as the Age of Johnson, no consequential edition of his works has appeared since 1825, and no edition at any time has exercised the care in presenting the complete and accurate text of his works that modern readers require. Now, Yale University is sponsoring a new edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, to include writings identified as his during the last twenty-five years and not printed in any previous collection of his works.

The complete Yale edition is expected to occupy at least twelve volumes. It will be guided by a distinguished committee made up of Herman W. Liebert (Yale) as chairman; Allen T. Hazen (Columbia) as general editor; Robert F. Metzdorf (Yale) as secretary; Walter J. Bate (Harvard); Bertrand H. Bronson (California); R. W. Chapman (Oxford); James L. Clifford (Columbia); Robert Halsband (Hunter); Frederick W. Hilles (Yale); Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., of New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, of Somerville, N.J.; William R. Keast (Cornell); Edward L. McAdam, Jr. (New York); L. F. Powell (Oxford); S. C. Roberts (Cambridge); and D. Nichol Smith (Oxford).

The inaugural volume in The Works of Samuel Johnson prints, for the first time completely and together, all of his autobiographical writings, including an unpublished diary for 1765–84, the longest and fullest of any of Johnson’s diaries now known. Here are Johnson’s own record of day-to-day events, of his mental process and spiritual life, of his readings, his travels, and his physical condition presented in chronological succession. The editors have provided an extensive running commentary that illuminates and interprets Johnson’s account and constitutes a continuing narrative based on other sources and on detailed original research.

By: Samuel Johnson
Contributions by: Donald and Mary Hyde, Mary Hyde
Edited by: E. McAdam
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Volume: v. 1
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 143mm, Spine: 4mm
Weight: 934g
ISBN: 9780300007336
ISBN 10: 0300007337
Series: The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson
Pages: 582
Publication Date: 10 September 1958
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 1: Diaries, Prayers, and Annals

Teems with information both useful and curious, both indispensable and irresistible, satisfying any student's needs, stimulating the general reader's curiosity and widening every reader's horizon. -Louis Kronenberger, New York Times We can only be glad to have these intimate documents so carefully edited in the first volume of what promises to be a magnificently comprehensive edition. -The Spectator This sets the format for all the volumes which are to follow, and a more beautiful, dignified, and appealing one it would be hard to find. . . . The editors have done everything they can to make it an indispensable companion for all true Johnsonians. Certainly everyone involved in the preparation of the volume should be felicitated. -Johnsonian News Letter