Samuel Johnson: An Analysis

Download or read book Samuel Johnson: An Analysis written by Charles H. Hinnant and published by Springer. This book was released on 1988-04-25 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative and incisive book the author re-examines Samuel Johnson's major texts, focusing on his famous review of Soame Jenyns's A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil as a principal source of insight and innovation. He offers a lucid exposition of its ideas and methods, defining for the first time its relation to an important strand in eighteenth-century intellectual history, and assessing its implications for Johnson's moral vision. Hinnant's book will be an indispensable guide for anyone interested in understanding what is most modern in Johnson's thought and writings.