Denis Johnston

Denis Johnston (1901-84) was in his turn a lawyer, playwright (his stage writing career spanning fifty years), war correspondent, and one of the early executives of British Television. After World War II he held a number of chairs and professorships at American universities and colleges until his retirement in 1973, after which he  combined further teaching with the writing of this book, to which the varied aspects of his professional life have all contributed. His study, In Search of Swift, appeared in 1959, and his account of his time as a war correspondent, Nine Rivers from Jordan, in 1953.