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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Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2012

ISBN

9781137265326

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

Political History & Theory

Index

Politics & International Relations

Cover
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Nature of Johnson’s Toryism
2 Cultures and Coteries in Mid-Century Toryism: Johnson in Oxford and London
3 Johnson’s Touch-piece and the ‘Charge of Fame’: Personal and Public Aspects of the Medal in Eighteenth-century Britain
4 ‘Ask for the Old Paths’: Johnson and the Nonjurors
5 Samuel Johnson: The Last Choices, 1775–1784
Conclusion
Index