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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... respect of forms with which he gives offense , all speak of the utmost refine- ment . Good breeding has triumphed . According to Johnson , “ his Lordship had returned his thanks for it and added that it was the Letter of a Scholar and a ...
... respect to happi- ness and misery , " he is far from indifferent to an alternative definition , " conduct ; manner of living with respect to virtue 190 RECLAIMING IMAGINATION.
... respect the progress of the book , for Johnson if not for his hero , might be said to consist of playing with terms , just as a lexicographer will find fifteen different ways to view the meaning of life . The quest itself may also be in ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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