Samuel Johnson and the Sense of History

Author/Contributor(s):	Vance, John a
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	01/01/2009
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Vance examines the development of Johnson's historical sense--from his readings, heritage, and travels to historical sites; Johnson's recall and use of historical figures and events, most notably the seventeenth-century attitude toward the most maligned member of the historical family, antiquarianism.