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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... examples are supposed to provide " the so- lution of all difficulties , and the supply of all defects " ( par . 56 ) ... example comes from Sir Thomas Browne's Vul- gar Errours ( Pseudodoxia Epidemica , 1646 ) , a favorite work of John ...
... example , " authority , " in its first sense of " legal power , " is somewhat undermined when two neutral in- stances from Shakespeare are followed by Temple's distinction be- tween " Power arising from strength " and " authority ...
... example of the truth of a formulable statement or a series of such statements . " 16 Johnson stays close to " the truth . " When he writes allegories , for instance , he takes great care to limit the character and action of each ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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