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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... later he had no objection to accepting a pension , however much his enemies might howl . The falsity of Chesterfield could not impugn a genuine Maecenas . At any rate , what Johnson intended to say about patronage in general was open to ...
... later complain ) could scarcely be given enough abuse of Walpole to satisfy them . Hence even the most ordinary prejudices , such as distrust of foreigners , take on a special edge by being associated with dark governmental plots - ap ...
... later in 1773 he would go off to Scotland with Boswell , gathering grist to grind and write about . From this point of view his later years belied his sense that he had dried up as a writer . All he had really wanted was good occa ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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