Samuel Johnson: The Life of an AuthorHarvard University Press, 2009 M07 1 - 384 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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... Imagination : Rasselas 173 8. The Theater of Mind : The Plays of William Shakespeare 198 9. Journeying Westward : Political Writings ; A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 234 10. Touching the Shore : The Lives of the English ...
... imagination . However contingent on mate- rial circumstances , they cannot be reduced to a calculus or formula ; what one age perceives as originality , superiority , or totality might always be perceived by another age as incidental ...
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Contents
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Preferments Gate The Vanity of Human Wishes | 86 |
Man of Letters A Dictionary of the English Language | 103 |
The Living World The Rambler | 145 |
Reclaiming Imagination Rasselas | 173 |
The Theater of Mind The Plays of William Shakespeare | 198 |
Journeying Westward Political Writings A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
Touching the Shore The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
The Life to Come Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Abbreviation | 307 |
Notes | 309 |
Index | 363 |