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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... praise , as to discharge the duty which Providence assigns him . " 39 This hope is of course religious . Yet the hopeful young author will also receive a practical piece of advice : put usefulness and duty before praise . Such advice is ...
... praise , which however cannot be said to have been unjustly lavished ; for such a series of verses had rarely appeared before in the English language . Of the lines some are grand , some are graceful , and all are musical " ( 1 : 289 ) ...
... praise , which however cannot be said to have been unjustly lavished ; for such a series of verses had rarely appeared before in the English language . Of the lines some are grand , some are graceful , and all are musical " ( 1 : 289 ) ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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