Neoclassical History and English Culture

From Clarendon to Hume

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Gebonden, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK | e druk, 1996
ISBN13: 9780333659403
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Palgrave Macmillan UK e druk, 1996 9780333659403
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This book looks at neo-classicism as a context for understanding early-modern English historical writing, and traces the implications of neo-classical history for English political culture at large. By paying close attention to historical genres and audiences, it reassesses both the famous and lesser-known historians of this era, dramatizing them as engaged in a struggle to preserve ancient models of historical composition in the face of a rapidly modernizing society characterized by party politics, print, Christianity, and antiquarian erudition.

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ISBN13:9780333659403
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK

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Acknowledgements - A Note on Abbreviations, Quotations, and Dates - The Weakness in English Historical Writing - Neo-classical History and the Modern World - Clarendon as the English Thucydides - Dr Brady and the History of England - The Death of Thucydidean History - General History in an Age of Party - David Hume as a Neo-Classical Historian -Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index

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