Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian England
Autor John Cannonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 noi 1994
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780198204527
ISBN-10: 0198204523
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 142 x 223 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Clarendon Press
Colecția Clarendon Press
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0198204523
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 142 x 223 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Clarendon Press
Colecția Clarendon Press
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
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 ...
A continuous recognition of the paradoxes of its subject's personality and opinions make Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian England a useful book, a genuine contribution by a historian to the deeper understanding of its subject in his time....A shrewd attention to conversational as well as political context distinguished the book's reading of Johnson's comments.
a balanced and learned discussion of Johnson's thoughts on 18th century history and politics...it is always clear and well balanced.
Throughout this book Professor Cannon has many perceptive and pertinent points to make about both Johnson's political views and the politics of his age. The interpretations offered come from a mind that is shrewd, critical and subtle, they are expressed in a style that is both light and effective, and they reveal an approach resting on deep learning and robust commonsense. It is a book with qualities which Johnson would have admired, and it is a book that only John Cannon could have written.
compelling and provocative
a rounded portrait of Johnson ... Cannon's account is that of a master historian deeply informative of the age in which Johnson lived, and is a superb guide to its current historiography.
Cannon ... in extracting the essential Johnson, pares away at least some of his pompous extremes. The result is a rounded portrait of Johnson who is much more a man of his age than someone deeply committed to an Anglo-Latin political enterprise which fails ... a superb guide to its current historiography.
It would be a great shame if only those interested in 'Dictionary' Johnson seek out John Cannon's Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian England. The book is in no sense a biography, and Professor Cannon sometimes assumes a knowledge of Johnson's career that few of his readers will have. His book does far more than throw a flood of light on Johnson himself. It is the product of a working lifetime of reading, research and reflection on the Georgian political world and deserves a wide audience.
One of the most impressive features of Cannon's book is its deft interweaving of close comment on Johnson with wider historical analysis. Cannon's book is the product of a mind steeped in the history and literature of the period. Anyone reading it will benefit from its command both of Johnson's writings and of the wider historical scene, and will be provoked into thought by its underlying theme that eighteenth-century England can plausibly be described as 'Johnson's England'.
A continuous recognition of the paradoxes of its subject's personality and opinions make Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian England a useful book, a genuine contribution by a historian to the deeper understanding of its subject in his time....A shrewd attention to conversational as well as political context distinguished the book's reading of Johnson's comments.
a balanced and learned discussion of Johnson's thoughts on 18th century history and politics...it is always clear and well balanced.
Throughout this book Professor Cannon has many perceptive and pertinent points to make about both Johnson's political views and the politics of his age. The interpretations offered come from a mind that is shrewd, critical and subtle, they are expressed in a style that is both light and effective, and they reveal an approach resting on deep learning and robust commonsense. It is a book with qualities which Johnson would have admired, and it is a book that only John Cannon could have written.
compelling and provocative
a rounded portrait of Johnson ... Cannon's account is that of a master historian deeply informative of the age in which Johnson lived, and is a superb guide to its current historiography.
Cannon ... in extracting the essential Johnson, pares away at least some of his pompous extremes. The result is a rounded portrait of Johnson who is much more a man of his age than someone deeply committed to an Anglo-Latin political enterprise which fails ... a superb guide to its current historiography.
It would be a great shame if only those interested in 'Dictionary' Johnson seek out John Cannon's Samuel Johnson and the Politics of Hanoverian England. The book is in no sense a biography, and Professor Cannon sometimes assumes a knowledge of Johnson's career that few of his readers will have. His book does far more than throw a flood of light on Johnson himself. It is the product of a working lifetime of reading, research and reflection on the Georgian political world and deserves a wide audience.
One of the most impressive features of Cannon's book is its deft interweaving of close comment on Johnson with wider historical analysis. Cannon's book is the product of a mind steeped in the history and literature of the period. Anyone reading it will benefit from its command both of Johnson's writings and of the wider historical scene, and will be provoked into thought by its underlying theme that eighteenth-century England can plausibly be described as 'Johnson's England'.
Notă biografică
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).