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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Lawrence Lipking. ing in this manner every word to its original , and not admitting , but with great caution , any of which no original can be found , we shall secure our language from being over - run with cant , from being crouded with ...
... original ; the deduction of formations from the radical word ; the analysis of compound words into primitives . " 70 Moreover , the etymology of " etymology " -etymon , " origin ; primitive word , " + logia , “ study of ” -supports this ...
... original Floretta ; see Gwin J. Kolb , " Mrs. ( Thrale ) Piozzi and Dr. Johnson's ' The Fountains : A Fairy Tale , " Novel 13 ( 1979 ) : 68–81 . Later , in 1789-90 , she remade the tale into a three - act play , The Two Foun- tains . It ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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