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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... Sometimes " author " responds to the will to prize some sorts of writing more highly than others , sometimes to an interest in individuality or genius , sometimes to the search for a guarantee of validity in interpretation , sometimes ...
... sometimes in parables , sometimes in poems , sometimes in biographies , sometimes in personal confessions : the story of a young writer whose dreams of fame are crushed by his re- ception . " No place affords a more striking conviction ...
... sometimes as the phantom of a vision , sometimes appears half - veiled in an allegory , some- times attracts regard in the robes of fancy , and sometimes steps forth in the confidence of reason . She wears a thousand dresses , and in ...
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the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Copyright | |
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