Historical literatures: Writing about the past in England, 16601740
Noelle Gallagher
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Description for Historical literatures: Writing about the past in England, 16601740
Paperback. Historical literatures recovers a rich, vibrant and complex tradition of Restoration and early-eighteenth century English historical writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Newly available in paperback, Historical literatures recovers a rich, vibrant and complex tradition of Restoration and early eighteenth century English historical writing. Highlighting the wide variety of historical works being printed and read in England between the years 1660 and 1740, it demonstrates that many of the genres that we now view primarily as literary – verse satire and panegyric, memoir, scandal and chronicle – were also being used to represent historical phenomena.
In surveying some of this period’s 'historical literatures', it argues that many satirists, secret historians and memoirists made their choice of historical subject ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719099243
SKU
V9780719099243
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99-15
About Noelle Gallagher
Noelle Gallagher is Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century British Literature at the University of Manchester. -- .
Reviews for Historical literatures: Writing about the past in England, 16601740
devoted to the theme of the intricate relation of history to the novel Jonathan Lamb, SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, 31/10/2013|Gallagher’s thoughtful and well-written book succeeds admirably in depicting the broad spectrum of historical literatures. , R.C. Richardson, University of Winchester, The Spenser Review, Book Review, 2012
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