The Politics of Samuel Johnson
Published on 1. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 235 pages
978-1-349-34727-8 (ISBN)
Description
A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religious commitments of Samuel Johnson, the most commanding of the 'commanding heights' of eighteenth-century English letters. This book, one of a trilogy from Palgrave, brings that debate to a decisive conclusion, retrieving the 'historic Johnson.'
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XIV, 235 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-34727-8 (9781349347278)
DOI
10.1057/9781137265326
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions
J. Clark | H. Erskine-Hill
The Politics of Samuel Johnson
Book
06/2012
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Persons
MATTHEW DAVIS Independent scholar, Charlottesville, VA, USA GABRIEL GLICKMAN British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford, UK NEIL GUTHRIE Independent scholar and lawyer THOMAS KAMINSKI Professor of English at Loyola University in Chicago, USA
Content
Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Preface Abbreviations Introduction The Nature of Johnson's Toryism Cultures and Coteries in Mid-Century Toryism: Johnson in Oxford and London Johnson's Touch-piece and the 'Charge of Fame' 'Ask for the Old Paths': Johnson and the Nonjurors Johnson: the Last Choices, 1775-1784 Conclusion