Society of Archbishop Justus
Samuel Johnson, Writer of an Age
James E. Kiefer's extensive biography features anecdotes from Samuel Johnson's childhood plus discussion of his struggles with disability and the metamorphosis of his religious and philosophical beliefs. This site includes excerpts from...
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto Libraries: George Eliot by Leslie Stephen (1902)
The entire book written by Leslie Stephen on George Eliot. George Eliot was a female and was also known as Mary Ann Evans and Marian Evans. She was a nineteenth-century novelist from England.
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Author's Calendar: Daniel Defoe
This site gives a thorough biography of Defoe. It includes quotes from his writing and information about his most important works.
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National Portrait Gallery
The home on the web of Great Britain's National Portrait Gallery is a repository of the likenesses of famous British men and women. Portraits stretch back in time into the the sixteenth century and run right up to the present. Includes...
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Samuel Johnson and the Revival of Learning
A critical analysis of Johnson's commentary on the period later called the Renaissance by Jack Lynch. In-depth article with extensive notes and bibliography.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Use, Elegance, and National Identity in Johnson's Dictionary
An analytical discussion of Johnson's use of literary technique in his dictionary. It includes notes and bibliography.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Poetry of Jonathan Swift
Full text, from the University of Toronto, of nine of Swift's most famous poems, including "Advice to the Grub Street Verse-writers."
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Greenwich 2000: Samuel Johnson 1709 1784
A short biography of English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. Includes information on Johnson's friendship and travels with his eventual biographer, James Boswell.
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Author's Calendar: E(dward) M(organ) Forster
This site gives a short biography of Forster with a quote and a bibliography of his works. Also included is a list of other works about him.
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Author's Calendar: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This site offers a biography of Coleridge, with links to other historical figures and a list of his collected works.