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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... University Press , 1988 ) , pp . 3-50 ; and Dodsley's role as Johnson's mentor is stressed by Harry M. Solomon , The Rise of Robert Dodsley ( Carbondale : Southern Illi- nois University Press , 1996 ) . Barbara M. Benedict , Making the ...
... University Press , 1929 ) . 4. The relation of the " Scheme " to the Plan is discussed by James H. Sledd and Gwin J. Kolb , Dr. Johnson's Dictionary : Essays in the Biography of a Book ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1955 ) ...
... University of Chicago Press , 1977 ) , discusses the place of " nature " and other terms in forming Johnson's tastes in poetry . 36. Lives 2 : 229–230 . 37. This power of healing is a central concern of Walter Jackson Bate , The ...
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the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
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