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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... Means ( but what Fools call honest ones ) for a Livelihood . I offer'd my Service for a secret Spy to the State ; but had not Credit enough even for that . When it was indeed very low with me , I printed Proposals for a Subscription to ...
Lawrence Lipking. ing that he means to sit in judgment on Scotland , they bridle at his unconcern for Edinburgh or ... means a lament over yester- day's battles and beautiful losers ; Johnson would leave such 252 JOURNEYING WESTWARD.
... mean ; not distinguished by any excellence ; often seen ; easy to be had ; of little value ; not rare ; not scarce ... means " sweet of scent " ( Dictionary ) will try in vain to sniff that fragrance in the gales . Nor does the image ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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