The Politics of Samuel Johnson

  • Jonathan Clark
  • Howard Erskine-Hill
Book

Part of the Studies in Modern History book series (SMH)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction
    Howard Erskine-Hill
    Pages 1-8
  3. The Nature of Johnson’s Toryism
    Thomas Kaminski
    Pages 9-56
  4. Cultures and Coteries in Mid-Century Toryism: Johnson in Oxford and London
    Gabriel Glickman
    Pages 57-89
  5. Johnson’s Touch-piece and the ‘Charge of Fame’: Personal and Public Aspects of the Medal in Eighteenth-century Britain
    Neil Guthrie
    Pages 90-111
  6. ‘Ask for the Old Paths’: Johnson and the Nonjurors
    Matthew M. Davis
    Pages 112-167
  7. Samuel Johnson: The Last Choices, 1775–1784
    Jonathan Clark
    Pages 168-222
  8. Conclusion
    Jonathan Clark
    Pages 223-226
  9. Back Matter
    Pages 227-235
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About this book

Introduction

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.'

Keywords

culture English nature Oxford politics

Editors and affiliations

  • Jonathan Clark
  • Howard Erskine-Hill
    • 1
  1. 1.University of CambridgeUK

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265326
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-34727-8
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-26532-6
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