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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... nature " seems to mean mostly " human nature , " and above all the workings of the mind . Again and again Johnson comes back to the reciprocal relations between the nature outside and inside the reader's head . " The pleasures of sudden ...
... nature , and draws the principles of invention from dispositions in- herent in the mind of man " ( 2 : 148 ) . At last English poetry finds its place , in the mind of the English reader . The human nature of poets also must be put to ...
... nature , and draws the principles of invention from dispositions in- herent in the mind of man " ( 2 : 148 ) . At last English poetry finds its place , in the mind of the English reader . The human nature of poets also must be put to ...
Contents
the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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