Johnson and The letters of Junius
Subtitle: new perspectives on an old enigma
By: Linde Katritzky.
Series: Ars interpretandi ;; v. 5; Ars interpretandi (New York, N.Y.) ;; v. 5.
Publisher: Peter Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Political and social views; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 -- Authorship; Junius, 18th cent; Wilkes, John, 1727-1797; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Pamphleteers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Pamphlets -- Authorship -- History -- 18th century; Anonyms and pseudonyms -- History -- 18th century; English language -- 18th century -- Rhetoric; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century
Description: The anonymous Letters of Junius appeared in the Public Advertiser in London between January 21, 1769 and January 21, 1772. Read and discussed avidly at home and abroad until well into the nineteenth century, they were ascribed to the most distinguished writers of the epoch. Only when all these attributions proved incorrect, and minor authors had to be considered, did interest in them begin to wane.

The present study sets out to demonstrate that only an exceptional stylist and scholar could have conducted this influential and farsighted correspondence - that its author commanded all the outstanding gifts and accomplishments of Johnson himself, and that they both may very well have been one and the same person.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-162) and index.