{"product_id":"the-clothing-of-clio-9780521180887","title":"The Clothing of Clio","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 1984 text is concerned with how the past was represented in Britain and France in the nineteenth century. This was a period of unprecedented historical-mindedness, during which the past was taken as subject matter. Dr Bann argues that the concrete vision of the past should be studied across the whole field of representation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The historian as taxidermist: Ranke, Barante, Waterton; 2. A cycle in historical discourse: Barante, Thierry, Michelet; 3. Image and letter in the rediscovery of the past: Daguarre, Charles Alfred Stothard, Landseer, Delaroche; 4. Poetics of the museum: Lenoir and Du Sommerard; 5. The historical composition of place: Byron and Scott; 6. Defences against irony: Barham, Ruskin, Fox Talbot; 7. Anti-history and the ante-hero: Thackeray, Reade, Browning, James; Postscript; Notes; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767621714263,"sku":"9780521180887","price":37.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-clothing-of-clio-9780521180887","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}