Samuel JohnsonHarvard University Press, 1998 - 372페이지 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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... Thales , a disillusioned and impoverished older man who is quitting the town for the country and saying his farewells to a younger friend . His lack of success has soured his humor into bile . Thales need not be identi- fied with any ...
... Thales had studied rational philosophy , the course of nature , and the influence of the heavenly bodies ; but his learning was derided , because it brought him no money . ' " 80 That anecdote gave Johnson's poem its theme . The ...
... Thales ' reputation for piety and moral wisdom as well as his resistance to tyrants , which had been chronicled by Thomas Stanley's History of Philosophy ( 1655–1660 ) . 80. Gentleman's Magazine 1 ( 1731 ) : 54. Thales " refuted this ...
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