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This Volume Is The First Scholarly Edition Of Samuel Johnson's Translation Of Jean Pierre De Crousaz's Commentaire Sur La Traduction En Vers De M. Abbe Du Resnel, De L'essai De M. Pope Sur L'homme, Published In 1739. Included Are Notes Comparing Johnson's Translation With The French Original To Show His Method Of Translation And Historical Annotations. Of Special Interest Are Johnson's Notes On The Dominance Of The Passion Of Love On The Stage And On Translation And The Nature Of English And French Poetry. Johnson Also Comments On The Problem Of Evil, Particularly The Ruling Passion And The Necessity Of Free Will.--jacket. Introduction -- Short Titles And Abbreviations -- Sigla Used In The Textual Notes -- The Plan Of A Dictionary Of The English Language (1747) -- Editor's Introduction-- The Plan Of A Dictionary Of The English Language (1747) -- From A Dictionary Of The English Language (1755) -- Editor's Introduction To The Preface -- Preface -- Editor's Introduction To The History Of The English Language -- The History Of The English Language -- Editor's Introduction To A Grammar Of The English Tongue -- A Grammar Of The English Tongue -- From A Dictionary Of The English Language

Author

Samuel Johnson

Publisher

New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300006056

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Humanities