Description
Book SynopsisHistorical literatures recovers a rich, vibrant and complex tradition of Restoration and early-eighteenth century English historical writing.
Trade Reviewdevoted 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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Table of ContentsIntroduction: English historiography at its 'lowest ebb'
Part I: Memoir: Memoirs and the history of the individual
1. Apostrophe: Colley Cibber’s Apology and the development of social history
2. Analogy: John Evelyn’s Kalendarium and the public diary tradition
Part II: Secret history: Secret histories as histories
3. Narrative voices: Daniel Defoe’s Secret History of the White-Staff in dialogue
4. Narrative Personae: Delarivier Manley’s Secret Memoirs and Manners and the modern chronicle
Part III: Satire and panegyric: Satire and panegyric as forms of historical writing
5. Metonymy: Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, and the advice-to-a-painter poem
6. Metaphor: Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel and historical allegory
Part IV: History reconsidered: Rethinking history at its 'lowest ebb'
7. Secret history and Roger North’s 'historical controversy'
8. 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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