Inbunden, Engelska, 1994
Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian England
Av John Cannon
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Beskrivning
This is a lively and readable reinterpretation of the Georgian political order. Samuel Johnson's life (1709-1784) spans most of the eighteenth cetnury. 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, 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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum: 1994-11-10
- Mått: 142 x 223 x 23 mm
- Vikt: 515 g
- Format: Inbunden
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 336
- Förlag: Clarendon Press
- ISBN: 9780198204527
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John Cannon is the author of numerous books, amongst them The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy (1988) The Fox-North Coalition (CUP, 1970), Parliamentary Reform 1640-1832 (CUP, 1973), Aristocratic Century (CUP, 1984) and as editor Blackwell Dictionary of Historians (Blackwell, 1988).
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wise and elegant study ... His is not a life of Samuel Johnson, but a clever interpretation of the life designed to explore "some of the ambiguities, contradictions, and uncertainties of Hanoverian England". This is a refreshing approach ...
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