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Marriage & Early Career  \n• Moved to Birmingham (1732) .  \n• Married Elizabeth Porter (1735), twenty years older.  \n• Marriage provided emotional and financial stability.  \n• Published first work: a translation (1735) .  \n• Started a private school; student included David Garrick.  \n• School failed → moved to London (1737) .  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \n\" for DISCOUNT.  \nLondon Literary Career  \n• Lived in poverty; worked as:  \n• Translator  \n• Essayist  \n• Reviewer  \n• Journalist  \n• Regular contributor to The Gentleman’s Magazine.  \n• Wrote Irene (tragedy) during Lichfield– London years.  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \n\" for DISCOUNT.  \nPREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE  \n(1765)  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \n\" for DISCOUNT.  \nPublication Background  \n• Proposal published in 1756 .  \n• Faced criticism for delay, notably from Charles Churchill.  \n• Final edition published in 1765, in 8 volumes.  \n• Preface is 72 pages long.  \nImportance of the Preface  \n• Regarded as the finest piece of neo-classical criticism in English.  \n• Balances praise and blame.  \n• Rejects blind idolization of Shakespeare.  \n• Boswell: Johnson saved Britain from “indiscriminate admiration”.  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \n\" for DISCOUNT.  \nCriterion of Literary Greatness:  \nTest of Time  \nArgument  \n• Literary excellence is proven by duration of popularity, not contemporary fashion.  \nQuotation  \n• “The only test of literary merit is length of duration and continuance of esteem.”(Preface to Shakespeare)  \nReverence for AntiquityConditional, Not Blind  \nArgument  \n• Ancients deserve respect not merely because they are ancient, but because their truths endure.  \nQuotation  \n• “Antiquity deserves that reverence only which is due to truth.”(Preface to Shakespeare)  \nConnect with me on @ @ NET Prep with DAKSHITA Ma'am, 5:00 PM  \nUse Code “Dakshita  \n@NET Prep with Dakshita Ma'am  \n\" for DISCOUNT.  \nShakespeare as an ‘Ancient’  \nArgument  \n•Shakespeare qualifies as an ancient because he has survived the test of time.  \nQuotation  \n•“He may now begin to assume the dignity of an ancient, and claim the privilege of established fame and prescriptive veneration.”  \n(Preface to Shakespeare)  \nPopularity as Proof of Excellence","cbCaihb4lLXl0g23","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihb4lLXl0g23","pdf",975045,26,"English","# Birth, Background & Early Life\n# Education\n# Marriage & Early Career\n# London Literary Career\n# Publication Background\n# Importance of the Preface\n# Criterion of Literary Greatness: Test of Time\n# Reverence for Antiquity: Conditional, Not Blind\n# Shakespeare as an ‘Ancient’\n# Popularity as Proof of Excellence","[{\"question\":\"What early conditions shaped Samuel Johnson’s life and health?\",\"answer\":\"Johnson was born in Lichfield and suffered from childhood tubercular infection leading to poor eyesight and partial deafness, later followed by smallpox facial scars and a lifelong compulsive tic with bouts of melancholia.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is the Preface to Shakespeare considered important?\",\"answer\":\"It is regarded as the finest neo-classical criticism in English, balancing praise and blame while rejecting blind idolization of Shakespeare.\"},{\"question\":\"What criterion does Johnson use to judge literary greatness?\",\"answer\":\"Literary excellence is measured by duration of popularity and continuance of esteem rather than contemporary fashion, as expressed in his test of time argument.\"}]","Samuel Johnson - Critical Ideas Notes | PDF",1789946115]