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Political writings

Samuel Johnson ; edited by Donald J. Greene

(The Yale edition of the works of Samuel Johnson, v. 10)

Yale University Press, 1977

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Public and private morality as focus in writings of Samuel Johnson Given Samuel Johnson's lifelong concern with problems of human morality, it is not surprising-in an age when such writers as Defoe, Swift, Pope, Goldsmith, and Burke were highly politically conscious-to find Johnson frequently turning to matters of both public and private morality. Donald J. Greene presents a collection of Johnson's writings with a political emphasis: his early anti-Walpolian pamphlets Marmor Norfolciense and A Complete Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage, and various journalistic squibs; an abridgment of the debate on the offer of the Crown to Oliver Cromwell; the articles on the Seven Years' War and related matters, such as the notorious trial and execution of Admiral Byng; and the four pamphlets of the 1770s-The False Alarm, Thoughts on . . . Falkland's Islands, The Patriot, and Taxation No Tyranny. An introduction addresses Johnson's politics, and full annotation provides historical context.

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  • NCID
    BA01410974
  • ISBN
    • 0300015933
  • LCCN
    57011918
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New Haven
  • Pages/Volumes
    xlv, 482 p., [5] leaves of plates
  • Size
    23 cm
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