Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian EnglandClarendon Press, 1994 - 326 pagini This is a lively and readable reinterpretation of the Georgian political order. Samuel Johnson's life (1709-1784) spans most of the eighteenth century. His contacts in the literary and cultural, scholarly, and political worlds were wide, including Gibbon, Goldsmith, Fox, Burke, Reynolds, Adam Smith, and many others. This book uses Johnson's remarkable career as a point of entry into Hanoverian England. John Cannon explores major contemporary issues, such as education, the poor, capital punishment, the colonies, religious toleration, and Toryism. He challenges many assumptions about Johnson's own attitudes, and offers a substantial modification to the traditional picture of Johnson and the political world of the eighteenth century. |
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... wrote to Ellis.5 The frequent republication of Macaulay's essays , together with the article on Johnson which he wrote in 1856 for the Encyclopaedia Britannica , gave his views of Johnson very wide currency . " They were reinforced by ...
... wrote to Ellis.5 The frequent republication of Macaulay's essays , together with the article on Johnson which he wrote in 1856 for the Encyclopaedia Britannica , gave his views of Johnson very wide currency . " They were reinforced by ...
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... wrote a number of addresses on behalf of Thrale , admitting that his recovery ' from a very serious distemper is not yet perfect ' , but begging the voters to understand . Polhill and Hotham remained in the field . But the day before ...
... wrote a number of addresses on behalf of Thrale , admitting that his recovery ' from a very serious distemper is not yet perfect ' , but begging the voters to understand . Polhill and Hotham remained in the field . But the day before ...
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... wrote in August 1782 ; ' perhaps no nation not absolutely conquered has declined so much in so short a time . We seem to be sinking.'134 In January 1783 he wrote to his old friend Taylor , ' I am afraid of a civil war'.135 At the ...
... wrote in August 1782 ; ' perhaps no nation not absolutely conquered has declined so much in so short a time . We seem to be sinking.'134 In January 1783 he wrote to his old friend Taylor , ' I am afraid of a civil war'.135 At the ...
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Johnson and Religion | 8 |
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