{"product_id":"historical-literatures-writing-about-the-past-in-england-16601740-9780719099243","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\u003eIntroduction: English historiography at its 'lowest ebb'\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Memoir: Memoirs and the history of the individual\t\u003cbr\u003e1. Apostrophe: Colley Cibber’s Apology and the development of social history\t\u003cbr\u003e2. Analogy: John Evelyn’s Kalendarium and the public diary tradition\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Secret history: Secret histories as histories\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e3. Narrative voices: Daniel Defoe’s Secret History of the White-Staff in dialogue\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e4. Narrative Personae: Delarivier Manley’s Secret Memoirs and Manners and the modern chronicle \t\t\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Satire and panegyric: Satire and panegyric as forms of historical writing\u003cbr\u003e5. Metonymy: Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, and the advice-to-a-painter poem\u003cbr\u003e6. Metaphor: Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel and historical allegory\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: History reconsidered: Rethinking history at its 'lowest ebb'            \t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cbr\u003e7. Secret history and Roger North’s 'historical controversy'\u003cbr\u003e8. History with a 'design': satire and John Oldmixon’s History of England During the Reigns of the Royal House of Stuart\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884294648151,"sku":"9780719099243","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/historical-literatures-writing-about-the-past-in-england-16601740-9780719099243","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}