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Vathek / William Beckford ; Edited with an Introduction by Roger H. Lonsdale. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - XLIII, 170 stron ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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Beckford, William (1760-1844). Lonsdale, Roger H.

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Vathek (1786), originally written in French, remains one of the strangest eighteenth-century novels and one of the most difficult to classify. Perverse and grotesque comedy alternates with scenes of 'oriental' magnificence and evocative beauty in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to superb damnation among the subterranean treasures of Eblis. Underlying the elegant prose is a strong element of self-indulgent personal fantasy on the part of Beckford, youthful millionaire, dreamer, and eventually social outcast. Byron, Poe, Mallarme, and Swinburne are some of the literary figures who have admired Vathek's imaginative power. The text follows that of the 'Third Edition' of 1816, in which Beckford extensively revised and corrected Samuel Henley's original English translations from the French. The elaborate notes retained by Beckford in 1816 are also included.

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The Lives of the Poets : A Selection / Samuel Johnson ; Text edited by Roger Lonsdale ; Selected with an Introduction and Notes by John Mullan. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - XXXIV, 523 strony ; 20 cm.

(Oxford World's Classics - Oxford University Press)

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Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784). Lonsdale, Roger H. Mullan, John (1958- ).

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Zawiera: Cowley ; Milton ; Rochester ; Dryden ; Congreve ; Gay ; Savage ; Switft ; Pope ; Gray.

In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets. The major Lives - of Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope - are memorable cameos of the life of writing in which Johnson is as attentive to human frailty as to literary prowess. The shorter Lives preserve some of Johnson's most piercing, critical judgements. Unsentimental, opinionated, and quotable, The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned. It is one of the greatest works of English criticism, but also one of the most humanly diverting. This selection of the Lives of ten of the most important poets draws its text from Roger Lonsdale's authoritative complete edition.

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