Samuel JohnsonHarvard University Press, 1998 - 372 pages He was a servant to the public, a writer for hire. He was a hero, an author adding to the glory of his nation. But can a writer be both hack and hero? The career of Samuel Johnson, recounted here by Lawrence Lipking, proves that the two can be one. And it further proves, in its enduring interest for readers, that academic fashions today may be a bit hasty in pronouncing the "death of the author." |
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... Shakespeare's light ) . Nor could Johnson have been unaware of the gold Garrick struck by presenting himself as champion of the au- thentic Shakespeare , a new improved Bard , organically home - grown . Money and fame awaited anyone who ...
... Shakespeare , none causes him more concern than the dreams of greatness that run through the plays . Shakespeare's heroes seem larger than life and are asked to endure much more than a human being can . This makes Johnson nervous . To ...
... Shakespeare , pp . 69-74 ; and Margreta de Grazia , Shakespeare Verbatim : The Reproduction of Authenticity and the 1790 Apparatus ( Oxford : Clarendon Press , 1991 ) , pp . 191–202 . Arthur Sherbo describes the genesis of Johnson's ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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