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Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Hudson is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Samuel Johnson and Eighteenth-Century Thought (1988), Writing and European Thought, 1600-1830 (Cambridge, 1994), and of numerous essays on eighteenth-century literature, thought and culture. Klappentext Hudson examines Samuel Johnson's contribution to the creation of the modern English identity. Zusammenfassung Johnson! one of the most renowned authors of the eighteenth century! became a symbol of English national identity in the century following his death in 1784. Hudson examines his contribution to the creation of the modern English identity! focusing on his attitudes towards class! party politics! the public sphere and imperialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From 'rank' to 'class': the changing structures of social hierarchy; 2. Constructing the middle-class woman; 3. From 'broad-bottom' to 'party': the rise of modern English politics; 4. 'The voice of the nation': the evolution of the 'public'; 5. The construction of English nationhood; 6. The material and ideological development of the British Empire; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
