Samuel JohnsonHe 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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... John , 262 Downes , Rackstraw , 333n67 Drake , Nathan , 41 drama , defined , 209 Drummond , May , 69 , 321n72 Drury Lane , 87-88 , 201-203 , 214-215 , 245 Dryden , John , 5 , 6 , 56 , 99 , 100 , 117 , 124 , 136 , 146 , 225 , 277 , 285 ...
... ( John Churchill ) , 90 Martial , 152 Marx , Karl , 8 McAdam , E. L. , 349n17 McIntosh , Carey , 340n4 , 354n33 McLaverty , James , 333n73 McNicol , Donald , 351n58 metaphor , Johnson's eye for , 130 , 140 , 275 metaphysical poets , 283 ...
... John- son's life of , 41 , 267 , 286 ; views on language , 135-137 , 140 " Table of Cebes , " 271 Talbot , Catherine , 148 Taylor , John , 247 Temple , Sir William , 122 , 123 Tennyson , Alfred Lord , 91 Thackeray , William Makepeace ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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