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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... critic had testified to the success with which he had embodied his moral purpose . " 10 The air of sound morality , as well as of goodwill , seems palpable as it passes from Fielding to Coleridge to the modern critic . Who could ...
... critic of literature alone . Through biographies and character sketches as well as moral reflec- tions on poems , the Lives passes judgment on ways of life . Johnson the critic reviews the efforts of dozens of poets to cope with chang ...
... critic of literature alone . Through biographies and character sketches as well as moral reflec- tions on poems , the Lives passes judgment on ways of life . Johnson the critic reviews the efforts of dozens of poets to cope with chang ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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