Historical literatures : writing about the past in Engand, 1660-1740 /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: MANCHESTER : MANCHESTER UNIV Press, 2017.
Temas:
1600-1799
English literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Littérature anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
Literature and history.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Memoir. Memoirs and the history of the individual ; Apostrophe : Colley Cibber's Apology and the development of social history ; Analogy : John Evelyn's Kalendarium and the public diary tradition
  • 2. Secret history. Secret histories as histories ; Narrative voices : Daniel Defoe's Secret History of the White-staff in dialogue ; Narrative personae : Delarivier Manley's Secret Memoirs and Manners and the modern chronicle
  • 3. Satire and panegyric. Satire and panegyric as forms of historical writing ; Metonymy : Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, and the advice-to-a-painter poem ; Metaphor : John Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel and historical allegory
  • 4. History reconsidered. Rethinking history at its 'lowest ebb' ; Secret history and Roger North's 'historical controversy' ; History with a 'design' : satire and John Oldmixon's History of England During the Reigns of the Royal House of Stuart.

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