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- catalog abstract "Lipking's Samuel Johnson is the story of the man as he lived - and lives - in his work. Tracing Johnson's rocky climb from anonymity to fame, in the course of which he came to stand for both the greatness of English literature and the good sense of the 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 celebrity, Samuel Johnson offers fresh readings of all the writer's major works, viewed through the lens of two ongoing preoccupations: the urge to do great deeds - and the sense that bold expectations are doomed to disappointment. Johnson steers between the twin perils of ambition and despondency. Mounting a challenge to the emerging industry that glorified and capitalized on Shakespeare, he stresses instead the playwright's power to cure the illusions of everyday life. All Johnson's works reveal his extraordinary sympathy with ordinary people. In his groundbreaking Dictionary, in his poems and essays, and in The Lives of the English Poets, we see Johnson becoming the key figure in the culture of literacy that reaches from his day to our own.".
- catalog contributor b10842724.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Lipking's Samuel Johnson is the story of the man as he lived - and lives - in his work. Tracing Johnson's rocky climb from anonymity to fame, in the course of which he came to stand for both the greatness of English literature and the good sense of the 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 celebrity, Samuel Johnson offers fresh readings of all the writer's major works, viewed through the lens of two ongoing preoccupations: the urge to do great deeds - and the sense that bold expectations are doomed to disappointment. Johnson steers between the twin perils of ambition and despondency. Mounting a challenge to the emerging industry that glorified and capitalized on Shakespeare, he stresses instead the playwright's power to cure the illusions of everyday life. All Johnson's works reveal his extraordinary sympathy with ordinary people. In his groundbreaking Dictionary, in his poems and essays, and in The Lives of the English Poets, we see Johnson becoming the key figure in the culture of literacy that reaches from his day to our own.".
- catalog description "The birth of the author: the letter to Chesterfield -- First flowers: Johnson's beginnings -- Becoming an author: London; Life of Savage -- Preferment's gate: The vanity of human wishes -- Man of letters: A dictionary of the English language -- The living world: The Rambler -- Reclaiming imagination: Rasselas -- The theater of the mind: The plays of William Shakespeare -- Journeying westward: Political writings; A journey to the western islands of Scotland -- Touching the shore: The lives of the English poets -- The life to come: Johnson's endings.".
- catalog extent "viii, 372 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Samuel Johnson.".
- catalog identifier "0674787773 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Samuel Johnson.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "Samuel Johnson.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "828/.609 b 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, English 18th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Critics Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.".
- catalog subject "Lexicographers Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "PR3533 .L56 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "The birth of the author: the letter to Chesterfield -- First flowers: Johnson's beginnings -- Becoming an author: London; Life of Savage -- Preferment's gate: The vanity of human wishes -- Man of letters: A dictionary of the English language -- The living world: The Rambler -- Reclaiming imagination: Rasselas -- The theater of the mind: The plays of William Shakespeare -- Journeying westward: Political writings; A journey to the western islands of Scotland -- Touching the shore: The lives of the English poets -- The life to come: Johnson's endings.".
- catalog title "Samuel Johnson : the life of an author / Lawrence Lipking.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".