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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... virtue . " An unre- warded , poverty - stricken worth has nothing to do with price ; it can- not be sold and does not want to be . Instead it refers to an intrinsic quality , a virtue defined not by but in spite of commercial success.82 ...
... Virtue , past many temptations , to the Abode of True Learning ; and " The Choice of Hercules , between Virtue and Pleasure . " 31 Johnson embraced them both . The allegories complement each other , and together they conclude The ...
... virtue , and virtue subjugating pleasure " ; Critical Review 15 ( 1763 ) : 314 . 11. JM 1 : 180 . 12. BLJ 1 : 194 . 13. J. G. Lockhart , Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott ( Edinburgh , 1837 ) , 2 : 307 . 14. " His fate was ...
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the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
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