ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Samuel Johnson’s preface to The Plays of William Shakespeare has long been considered a classic document of English literary criticism. In it Johnson sets forth his editorial principles and gives an appreciative analysis of the “excellences” and “defects” of the works of Shakespeare.

Detailed explanation-2: -Johnson’s travel writings include A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775). His Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (1779–81) was a significant critical work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Preface to Shakespeare, published in the year 1768-The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.