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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... least of his accomplishments . What Johnson most excelled at , however , was writing the life of an author — someone whose life has gone into creating a body of work . That part of his example has not borne much fruit . These days not ...
... least in academic circles . Not only have the rebels failed to change the world ; they have also failed to under- stand their own complicity with the forces of oppression . At a mini- mum , this line of thought attacks the self ...
... least as far as the series of definitions in John- son's own Dictionary ( 1755 ) : 1. The first beginner or mover of any thing ; he to whom any thing owes its original . 2. The efficient ; he that effects or produces any thing . 3. The ...
... least in the beginning . First , Johnson " entertaind " some friends with it . 6 He had an interest in letting the public know that he was repudiating the puff , which was most offensive , after all , just because it was pub- lic ...
... least regard for the votaries of science , invites the addresses of learned men , or seems to hope for reputation from any pen but his own . " 12 Not one genuine patron still existed . Nor was Lord Chester- field at all an exception to ...
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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 |