{"product_id":"historical-literatures-writing-about-the-past-in-england-16601740-9780719087622","title":"Historical Literatures Writing About the Past in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorical literatures recovers a rich, vibrant and complex tradition of Restoration and early-eighteenth century English historical writing. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003edevoted to the theme of the intricate relation of history to the novel\u003cbr\u003eJonathan 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.\u003cbr\u003e, R.C. Richardson, University of Winchester, The Spenser Review, Book Review, 2012\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\t\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: English historiography at its “lowest ebb”\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003ePart I. Memoir: Memoirs and the history of the individual \t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e1. Apostrophe: Colley Cibber’s Apology and the development of social history\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e2. Analogy: John Evelyn’s Kalendarium and the public diary tradition \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Secret history: Secret histories as histories\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e3. Narrative voices: Daniel Defoe’s Secret History of the White-Staff in dialogue\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e4. Narrative Personae: Delarivier Manley’s Secret Memoirs and Manners and the modern chronicle \t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Satire and panegyric: Satire and panegyric as forms of historical writing\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e5. Metonymy: Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, and the advice-to-a-painter poem\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e6. Metaphor: Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel and historical allegory\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003ePart IV. History reconsidered: Rethinking history at its “lowest ebb”\t            \t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e7. Secret history and Roger North’s “historical controversy”\t\t\u003cbr\u003e8. History with a “design”: satire and John Oldmixon’s History of England During the Reigns of the Royal House of Stuart\t\t\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884285440343,"sku":"9780719087622","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/historical-literatures-writing-about-the-past-in-england-16601740-9780719087622","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}