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Neoclassical History and English Culture : From Clarendon to Hume, PDF eBook

Neoclassical History and English Culture : From Clarendon to Hume PDF

Part of the Studies in Modern History series

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This book looks at neo-classicism as a context for understanding early-modern English historical writing, and traces the implications of neo-classical history for English political culture at large.

By paying close attention to historical genres and audiences, it reassesses both the famous and lesser-known historians of this era, dramatizing them as engaged in a struggle to preserve ancient models of historical composition in the face of a rapidly modernizing society characterized by party politics, print, Christianity, and antiquarian erudition.

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