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Title:

The politics of Samuel Johnson / edited by Jonathan Clark and Howard Erskine-Hill.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xiv, 235 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Johnson, Samuel,--1709-1784--Political and social views.
Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.

Other Authors:

Clark, J. C. D.
Erskine-Hill, Howard.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

"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.'"--Publisher's website.

Series:

Studies in modern history

ISBN:

0230355994 (hardback)
9780230355996 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)774489881

LCCN:

2012010261

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)