Samuel Johnson: The Life of an AuthorHarvard University Press, 01/07/2009 - 384 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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... feel rebuked ; he must also feel that he has made a mistake , that he was not discerning enough to see the merit he neglected . Hence Johnson needs to exhibit all his powers . The letter to Chesterfield does not conceal its own art ...
... feel th ' inclemencies of Wintry Air , May no rude blasts thy sacred bloom destroy ; May Storms howl gently o'er , and learn to spare.2 The poet goes on to entreat still greater indulgence , 34 2: First Flowers: Johnson's Beginnings.
... feel that desire , young Johnson's certainly did . The poem on the daffodil , for instance , heaps trophies on the meek little flower until it seems to suffocate . It is the first " honour of the Year " whose buds wear " unusual glories ...
... feel , " and others should try to attract regard " by a daring profession of their own deserts , and a publick challenge of honours and rewards . " The dilemma is not at all hypothetical . The Rambler is obviously talking about him ...
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Preferments Gate The Vanity of Human Wishes | 86 |
Man of Letters A Dictionary of the English Language | 103 |
The Living World The Rambler | 145 |
Reclaiming Imagination Rasselas | 173 |
The Theater of Mind The Plays of William Shakespeare | 198 |
Journeying Westward Political Writings A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland | 234 |
Touching the Shore The Lives of the English Poets | 259 |
The Life to Come Johnsons Endings | 295 |
Abbreviation | 307 |
Notes | 309 |
Index | 363 |
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