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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... biographical sketch referred to Johnson as " This excellent Writer , who is no less the Glory of the present Age and Nation , than he will be the Admiration of all succeeding ones . " 3 Like it or not , he now had a long reputation ...
... biographical section rarely ends well . When death does not follow a long decline , in the Lives of the Poets , it tends to interrupt some futile hope . Nor does the irony cease at 66 death , which often sets off fresh squabbles among ...
... Biographical Narrative from Johnson to De Quincey ( Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press , 1990 ) , pp . 206-208 . 15. When Boswell , disappointed that the booksellers had chosen the poets about whom Johnson would write ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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