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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... literary critic and literary historian are still left with some basic questions about any young author : What was his project ? What task did he think remained , in his time , for an author to do ? Most students of Johnson have been ...
... Literary Article , for so it might be call'd , " and otherwise to aid his " Literary projects . " 105 Chambers had edited the Literary Magazine in 1735 and had written at length on " Literary CRITICISM , " which discerns " the real ...
... literary , meaning for Johnson , 141-142 , 247 literary biography : Johnson's princi- ples of , 265-267 ; methods of writing , 267-272 , 279-286 literate , defined , 142 literature , 142-144 , 253 , 288 Lloyd , Olivia , 69 Lobo , Father ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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