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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... Looks are Merchandise , and Smiles are sold . Even the Latinate syntax of the truth that Thales ' whole life has ... look for some place where a philosopher can live ( lines 174-175 ) : Quick let us rise , the happy Seats explore ...
... look , or not look , into a book— " spite , vanity , and cu- riosity , " or simply cheap amusement - and the writer concedes his lack of control over how he will be read . Yet Johnson will not be dis- couraged . " [ I ] am willing to ...
... look , ” “ shoot ” —suggests a supernatural agency , as if the tombs and caves were livelier than the passive ... look cold " and " shoot a chillness " im- plies that the caves of death have taken command and look at the one who is ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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