Samuel Johnson
Za ostale osobe s istim imenom, v. Samuel Johnson (razvrstavanje).Samuel Johnson [ˈsæmjuːəl ˈdʒɒnsən] (poznat i kao Dr Johnson) (Lichfield, 18. septembra 1709. – London, 13. decembra 1784), jedan od najvećih ličnosti engleske književnosti[1]: pjesnik, esejist, biograf, leksikograf i književni kritičar. Također je bio poznat po dosjetljivosti i dipadljivom proznom stilu, kao i po aformizmima.[2] Dr Johnson je najcitiraniji britanski pisac iza Shakespearea[3] i smatra se jednom od najznamenitijih ličnosti Britanije 18. vijeka.[4].
Najvažnija djelaUredi
Eseji, pamfleti, članciUredi | |
| 1747. | Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language |
| 1750-1752 | The Rambler |
| 1758-1760. | The Idler (1758-1760) |
| 1765. | Preface [to The Plays of William Shakespeare] |
| 1770. | The False Alarm |
| 1771. | Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands |
| 1774. | The Patriot |
| 1775. | Taxation No Tyranny |
PozijaUredi | |
| 1738. | London |
| 1747. | Prologue at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane |
| 1749 | The Vanity of Human Wishes |
| Irene, a Tragedy | |
RječnikUredi | |
| 1755. | [https://web.archive.org/web/20060901063613/http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/preface.html Arhivirano 2006-09-01 na Wayback Machine-u Preface to Dictionary of the English Language]. |
NoveleUredi | |
| 1759. | The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia |
CitatiUredi
U današnje doba razne izjave Samuela Johnsona su ostale poznate i često se citiraju. Maleni primjer tih njegovih često citiranih izjava su:
- Bolje je živjeti bogat, nego umreti bogat
- Nije važno kako čovjek umre nego kako živi
- Život je napredak od želim do želim, a ne od uživanja do uživanja
- Put u pakao je popločen dobrim namjerama
- Dostojanstvena briga za siromašne je pravi test civilizacije
- Nacionalizam je zadnje pribježište nitkova
IzvoriUredi
- ↑ "Dr. Johnson", Websters Dictionar, retrieved 14 July 2007.[1]
- ↑ "Samuel Johnson", Encyclopedia Britannica 15th Edition, retrieved 14 June 2007.[2]
- ↑ "Samuel Johnson", Encyclopedia Britannica 15th Edition, retrieved 05 June 2007.[3]
- ↑ "Samuel Johnson", Britannica Concise, retrieved 14 June 2007.[4]
Vanjske vezeUredi
- Samuel Johnson na Projektu Open Directory
- The Works of Samuel Johnson. Organized links to collections of Johnson texts online.
- Works about/by Samuel Johnson at Internet Archive. Scanned books.
- Djela čiji je autor Samuel Johnson na Projektu Gutenberg
- Essays by Samuel Johnson at Quotidiana.org
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200906085303/http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1564 Arhivirano 2020-09-06 na Wayback Machine-u Life Of Johnson] by James Boswell, abridged by Charles Grosvenor Osgood in 1917 "omitt[ing] most of Boswell's criticisms, comments and notes, all of Johnson's opinions in legal cases, most of the letters,..." (Project Gutenberg)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060611062258/http://www.thrale.com/history/english/hester_and_henry/hesters_writings/johnson_anecdotes.php Arhivirano 2006-06-11 na Wayback Machine-u Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson] by Hester Thrale
- A list of e-texts of Johnson's works from the University of Pennsylvania Online Books Page.
- An online data base of the contents of Dr Johnson's dictionary, 1st and 4th editions.
- Johnson Society of London. A society based in London with regular meetings about Johnson.