Beckett said Samuel Johnson was always with him; yet reading the trilogy, Molloy etc, one feels also (Kenner remarked on … More
Tag: Samuel Johnson
239. (Matthew Arnold)
Matthew Arnold suggests how a thoroughgoing Platonism might help us think through art, criticism, and more: “the application of ideas … More
191. (Samuel Johnson)
Samuel Johnson has never held me in magnetic thrall as he does so many of the critics I admire. He … More
176. (Robert Burns)
It’s difficult to know what to do with Robert Burns, besides read and enjoy him, and take fortification from him; … More
30. (Samuel Johnson)
At the same time as the novel was rising in the world, the greatest force in English letters was working … More
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