Resselas Poems and Selected Prose Author:Samuel Johnson This is an anthology of the 18th century writer most famous as the dictionary man. The best point is that it includes excerpts from Johnson's "Lives of the Poets," his masterpiece of biography and criticism, and his essays on the plays of Shakespeare. It also has many essays from the Idler and Spectator weeklies. While it does have the practical... more »ly unreadable Resselas, its literary criticism make this collection a must for readers who want to see themselves as knowledgeable about English literature.« less