Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
Title
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
Text Read
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
Author
Johnson, Samuel
Original Source
London: Murray, 1854
Publication Date
1854
Date(s) of Reading
- 1857-01-01
- 1872-01-22
Evidence
1857-01-01: Reviewed in “Worldliness and Other-Worldliness: The Poet Young” within the Westminster Review, vol. 67, issue 131, pp. 1-42.
1872-01-22: George Eliot to Mrs. Richard Congreve, London, 22 January 1872. "Glad you are reading my demigod Milton! We also are rather old-fashioned in our light reading just now; for I have rejected Heyse's German stories, brand new, in favour of dear old Johnson's ‘Lives of the Poets,’ which I read aloud in my old age with a delicious revival of girlish impressions." GEL 5: 238
1872-01-22: George Eliot to Mrs. Richard Congreve, London, 22 January 1872. "Glad you are reading my demigod Milton! We also are rather old-fashioned in our light reading just now; for I have rejected Heyse's German stories, brand new, in favour of dear old Johnson's ‘Lives of the Poets,’ which I read aloud in my old age with a delicious revival of girlish impressions." GEL 5: 238
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Citation
Johnson, Samuel, Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57606