A Political Biography of Samuel Johnson (Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies)

Johnson rose from obscure origins to become a major literary figure of the eighteenth century. Through a detailed survey of his major works and political journalism, Hudson constructs a complex picture of Johnson as a moralist forced to accept the realistic nature of politics during an era of revolutionary transition.

• | Author: Nicholas Hudson
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1138661406
• | ISBN-13: 9781138661400