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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... London became the home that he loved and berated . Facing the translation of " Ad Urbanum , " in the same issue of the Gentleman's Magazine , are some extracts from his first great popular ... London are confusing 65 London ; Life of Savage.
... London and Rome . The here and now constantly waver . When Thales denounces " these degen'rate Days , " he repeats a charge already seventeen cen- turies old , as if degeneration itself were ... London exists in a 67 London ; Life of Savage.
... ( London : Routledge & Kegan Paul , 1984 ) , argues that Johnson , despite his reservations about such echoes , nonetheless agrees with Gadamer that imitation supplies the " fusion of hori- zons " on which all interpretation , if not all ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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