{"product_id":"samuel-johnson-and-the-sense-john-a-vance-9780820333779","title":"Samuel Johnson and the Sense of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo area of Johnsonian studies has been less appreciated and more misunderstood than Johnson's response to history. Popular notions to the effect that he was insensitive to history have discouraged scholars and critics from discovering the role history played in his thinking. In this first book-length investigation of the subject, John A. Vance concludes that few misconceptions about Samuel Johnson have been so glaring as his supposed dislike of history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore specifically, in separate chapters 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author also devotes two chapters to Johnson's historical writings--that is, those works in which he either incorporates history into his critical, biographical, and political discussions or those in which he clearly assumes the role of historian himself. Vance furthermore considers Johnson's views on historical facts, educative and moral history, the broadening scope of historical investigation, the nature of historical truth and skepticism, historical research, historical causation, and the historian's style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John a. Vance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820333778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820333779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"John a. Vance","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685613326591,"sku":"9780820333779","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0423045b-2569-42a7-afee-d42a6c5287e5.jpg?v=1741726248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/samuel-johnson-and-the-sense-john-a-vance-9780820333779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}