Major Works
Essays, pamphlets, periodicals, sermons | |
1732–33 | Birmingham Journal |
1747 | Plan for a Dictionary of the English Language |
1750–52 | The Rambler |
1753–54 | The Adventurer |
1756 | Universal Visiter |
1756- | The Literary Magazine, or Universal Review |
1758–60 | The Idler (1758–1760) |
1770 | The False Alarm |
1771 | Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands |
1774 | The Patriot |
1775 | A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland |
Taxation No Tyranny | |
1781 | The Beauties of Johnson |
Poetry | |
1728 | Messiah, a translation into Latin of Alexander Pope's Messiah |
1738 | London |
1747 | Prologue at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane |
1749 | The Vanity of Human Wishes |
Irene, a Tragedy | |
Biographies, criticism | |
1744 | Life of Mr Richard Savage |
1745 | Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth |
1756 | "Life of Browne" in Thomas Browne's Christian Morals |
Proposals for Printing, by Subscription, the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare | |
1765 | Preface to the Plays of William Shakespeare |
The Plays of William Shakespeare | |
1779–81 | Lives of the Poets |
Dictionary | |
1755 | Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language |
A Dictionary of the English Language | |
Novellas | |
1759 | The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia |
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