Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets
Ethical Literary Criticism
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This open access book seeks to explain how the literary commentary of the Lives of the Poets speaks to us today because of its ethical goals. Edward Tomarken elucidates this element of Johnson’s literary criticism by using Ralph Cohen’s genre method, the topic of Chapter One, “Why Genre”. Chapters two to five address the most prevalent genres of the Lives: tragedy, metaphysical poetry, the epic, the pastoral elegy, and the mock epic. Chapter six considers the rise of literary criticism as a genre. Chapter Seven demonstrates how ethical genre criticism relates literature to life. And the final chapter explains why, although Johnson considers ‘moral’ and ‘ethical’ as nearly interchangeable terms, Tomarken prefers ‘ethical’ because it relates genre criticism to present problems in literary and non-literary worlds.
This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access The first full-length book on Johnson's "The Lives of the Poets" (1779-81) Proposes an innovative "evaluative genre methodology", adapting Ralph Cohen's genre theory By focusing on ethical evaluation, this study provides a new justification for literary criticism in our daily lives
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Edward L. Tomarken
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“I enjoyed this book ... . Tomarken shows that Johnson is a more flexible critic than he is often given credit for, and several of his chapters contain valuable insights.” (Phil Jones, Johnsonian News Letter, Vol. 77 (1), March, 2026)
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