"Scarce Books and Elegant Editions:" Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, Selections from the Edward R. Leahy Collection, in celebration of the 300th anniversary of Johnson’s birth.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) is now best remembered for his Dictionary of the English Language, which remained the authority on English vocabulary until the publication of the Oxford English Dictionary at the end of the 19th century. However, Johnson's output was prodigious and wide ranging and he is considered to be the most important prose writer in England during the middle and late 18th century. The 40 years of his literary dominance, from the 1740s until his death in 1784, have been called "The Age of Johnson."The Heritage Room at the University of Scranton's Weinberg Memorial Library hosted an exhibit feature the entire range of Johnson's literary output including poetry, drama, satire, essays, as well as the dictionary from Sept. 18 through Dec. 11, 2009
