Samuel Johnson: The Life of an AuthorHarvard University Press, 2009. 7. 1. - 384페이지 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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... common reader , the book shows how this life transformed the very nature of authorship . Beginning with the defiant letter to Chesterfield that made Johnson a celebri- ty , Samuel Johnson offers fresh readings of all the writer's major ...
... readers play a part in this book . From one point of view , the story of Johnson's career is a long struggle to find an audience he eventually helped to create : the English common reader . But he also kept company in his mind with the ...
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First Flowers Johnsons Beginnings | 34 |
Becoming an Author London Life of Savage | 48 |
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 |