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London is a poem by Samuel Johnson, produced shortly after he moved to London. Written in 1738, it was his first major published work. The poem in 263 lines imitates Juvenal's Third Satire, expressed by the character of Thales as he decides to leave London for Wales. Johnson imitated Juvenal because of his fondness for the Roman poet and he was following a popular 18th-century trend of Augustan poets headed by Alexander Pope that favoured imitations of classical poets, especially for young poets in their first ventures into published verse.

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  • London is a poem by Samuel Johnson, produced shortly after he moved to London. Written in 1738, it was his first major published work. The poem in 263 lines imitates Juvenal's Third Satire, expressed by the character of Thales as he decides to leave London for Wales. Johnson imitated Juvenal because of his fondness for the Roman poet and he was following a popular 18th-century trend of Augustan poets headed by Alexander Pope that favoured imitations of classical poets, especially for young poets in their first ventures into published verse. London was published anonymously and in multiple editions during 1738. It quickly received critical praise, notably from Pope. This would be the second time that Pope praised one of Johnson's poems; the first being for Messiah, Johnson's Latin translation of Pope's poem. Part of that praise comes from the political basis of the poem. From a modern view, the poem is outshined by Johnson's later poem The Vanity of Human Wishes, as well as works like his A Dictionary of the English Language, his Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, and his periodical essays for The Rambler, The Idler and The Adventurer. (en)
  • London è una satira composta da Samuel Johnson, subito dopo il suo arrivo a Londra. Quest'opera, scritta nel 1738, è stata la sua prima importante opera ad essere pubblicata. Il componimento si sviluppa in 263 versi ed è basato sulla III Satira (Non c'è posto a Roma per un Romano) di Giovenale, ed esprime il pensiero del personaggio Thales che decide di abbandonare Londra per il Galles. Johnson si rifece a Giovenale innanzitutto per la sua predilezione per il poeta di Roma e, in secondo luogo, per seguire una tendenza popolare nel XVIII secolo fra i letterati, con in testa Alexander Pope, che privilegiavano le imitazioni dei poeti classici, in special modo da parte dei giovani poeti impegnati nelle loro prime pubblicazioni. (it)
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  • London è una satira composta da Samuel Johnson, subito dopo il suo arrivo a Londra. Quest'opera, scritta nel 1738, è stata la sua prima importante opera ad essere pubblicata. Il componimento si sviluppa in 263 versi ed è basato sulla III Satira (Non c'è posto a Roma per un Romano) di Giovenale, ed esprime il pensiero del personaggio Thales che decide di abbandonare Londra per il Galles. Johnson si rifece a Giovenale innanzitutto per la sua predilezione per il poeta di Roma e, in secondo luogo, per seguire una tendenza popolare nel XVIII secolo fra i letterati, con in testa Alexander Pope, che privilegiavano le imitazioni dei poeti classici, in special modo da parte dei giovani poeti impegnati nelle loro prime pubblicazioni. (it)
  • London is a poem by Samuel Johnson, produced shortly after he moved to London. Written in 1738, it was his first major published work. The poem in 263 lines imitates Juvenal's Third Satire, expressed by the character of Thales as he decides to leave London for Wales. Johnson imitated Juvenal because of his fondness for the Roman poet and he was following a popular 18th-century trend of Augustan poets headed by Alexander Pope that favoured imitations of classical poets, especially for young poets in their first ventures into published verse. (en)
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  • London (Samuel Johnson poem) (en)
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