Recently, the Literary Monument Series of Shanghai Beibett of Guangxi Normal University Press launched the No. 45 work "The Biography of John's Life", which comprehensively tells the life, personality and works of Samuel John's life, showing the poor but talented and inspirational life of the 18th century British literary league leader.
△ Samuel Johnson
Johnson entered Oxford University in 1928 and dropped out of school due to poverty, but his knowledge was astonishing. One of his best-known feats is that he spent almost eight years compiling the first English dictionary on his own, which is an unprecedented collation compared to the vastness of English. In addition, he reviewed the manyly misunderstood Shakespeare's works with imposing prefaces; wrote countless prefaces, opening remarks, book reviews, sermons, prayers, and poems...
A large number of works show the interesting soul of Johnson. He had a mixture of honesty, courage, compassion and humor, and was described by friends as "telling the most universal truth in the most novel way." ”
Johnson is also considered to be a more humorous and vicious king than Wilde, "The lazier a man is, the more things he will do tomorrow." "Every old man is complaining about the world's depravity, about the ignorance of the next generation." These are his famous quotes. His literary legacy is comparable to Shakespeare's, and his masterpieces such as "On the Falsehood of Human Desire", "Lascelas", and "Biography of the Poet" have been passed down to this day.
It is not easy to write about the life of such an 18th-century British literary ally.
△ Cover of "The Biography of John The Life"
In order to write "The Biography of Johnson john", Walter Bate, a professor at Harvard University and a contemporary American biographer, deeply studied Johnson's extraordinary wisdom and outstanding achievements, analyzed both Johnson's character and his works, explained his great influence on the times and future generations, and constructed a dramatic and touching story.
The book breaks down the stereotype of Johnson and portrays a modern man, Johnson, who inspires, guides, and elevates the spirit of humanity to modern men and women. In the book, you can not only see the outstanding talent, great contributions of thought and literature of this literary hero, but also feel the shortcomings of his character, those strong pain and courage, turmoil and rebellion, the division of independence and dependence, hostility and guilt in his heart...
△ The inner page of the biography of John
It is reported that after the first publication of "Johnson of John" overseas, it won three awards at the same time: the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critic Award. The New York Review of Books commented that "his compassion gives the reader insight into Johnson's fragile emotions and does not undermine the dignity of the Master." ”
(Courtesy of publisher)