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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... least regard for the votaries of science , invites the addresses of learned men , or seems to hope for reputation from any pen but his own . " 12 Not one genuine patron still existed . Nor was Lord Chester- field at all an exception to ...
... least the public had noticed him , at least he had a name . When " The Young Author " eventually came out , in 1743 , it was published anonymously . Johnson's name was attached to his work for the first time at the end of his Plan of a ...
... least . " 20 Such opinions tell us more about their views than about Johnson's . Moreover , they tend to miss the special mark of his contribution to language , a con- stant awareness of the moral or mental connotations of physical ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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