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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... final sentence : “ But , with all his defects , he was a man of genius and a poet " ( 3 : 399 ) . The major poets receive extended tributes , as conclusive as anything Johnson ever wrote . In the end , apparently , great poetry ...
... final moment enfolds an intensely private experience , and what the central character really is thinking remains his secret . “ Enquiries into the heart are not for man , " Johnson wrote of Dryden ; " we must now leave him to his Judge ...
... final sentence : " But , with all his defects , he was a man of genius and a poet " ( 3 : 399 ) . The major poets receive extended tributes , as conclusive as anything Johnson ever wrote . In the end , apparently , great poetry ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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