Samuel JohnsonHarvard University Press, 1998 - 372 páginas He 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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... Boswell should come first " -since to read the writings without knowing the man " is to miss the vivifying power of his personality ” and “ unless you know him much of his writing is dead as well as dull . " ? Surely this is an ...
... Boswell , for instance , kept score . Anxious that Johnson should end at least as well as David Hume , who on his deathbed cheerfully maintained his disbelief in any afterlife , he came back to the topic again and again , despite ...
... Boswell remains a key figure . In the advertisement to his second edition ( 1793 ) , he boasted that " I have Johnsonised the land ; and I trust they will not only talk , but think , Johnson " 22 ( “ talk ” and “ think " but not ...
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the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
Johnsons Endings | 295 |
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