Talk:Samuel Johnson

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 Definition:  (1709-1784) One of the leading figures of English literature's Augustan Age. [d] [e]
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It is a bit difficult to account for the prominence given to Johnson. If it were not for Boswell, he would be virtually unknown. His original work is all but forgotten. As a critic, he showed in his Lives of the Poets that he could occasionally be acute, but he decried some of the greatest literary figures of his age, such as Swift and Sterne. As a lexicographer, his pre-eminence is dubious, some of his definitions being more facetious than accurate. He was a bit like a modern celebrity, famous for being famous. However, the article as it stands is reasonable enough. --Martin Wyatt 20:01, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Isn't he mainly famous now for pithy sayings? Peter Jackson 09:10, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
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