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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... things take on a menacing life . While persons drop into the background , however , personifica- tions grow strong . A few generations later , the figure of pro- sopopoeia ( " the change of things to persons " ) would be denounced as a ...
... things are made famil- iar , and familiar things are made new " ( 3 : 232-233 ) . The charms most likely to be appreciated by educated or fashionable readers— the epic allusions , the pleasures of London and gossip - are never mentioned ...
... things are made famil- iar , and familiar things are made new " ( 3 : 232-233 ) . The charms most likely to be appreciated by educated or fashionable readers— the epic allusions , the pleasures of London and gossip - are never mentioned ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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