The Politics of Samuel Johnson (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

First published in 1960, "The Politics of Samuel Johnson" remains one of the most significant studies of Johnson ever written. Contrary to virtually all preceding studies of Johnson's life, politics, and art, Donald Greene declared that the popular image of Johnson--one that even pervaded academic circles--was a caricature, an amalgam of misconceptions, inaccuracies, and sometimes deliberate untruths drawn from the works of his well-intentioned friend Boswell and his detractor Macaulay."In the Introduction to the second edition, Greene reasserts--in light of three decades of Johnsonian scholarship--his attack on the stereotyping of Johnson as a bigoted, party-line Tory and a crypto-Jacobite. Utilizing new material such as Thomas Curley's edition of the Chambers/Johnson Vinerian law lectures and the sale catalogue to Johnson's library to support his argument, Greene also warns that Johnson is still misquoted and misunderstood in situations from classroom lectures to discussions of Britain's role in the 1982 Falklands War.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Donald Johnson Greene
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	440
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-3372-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	0-8203-3372-7
Barcode:	9780820333724

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