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Making History: Edward Augustus Freeman and Victorian Cultural Politics: Vol. 202 (Proceedings of the British Academy)
. Ed(S): Bremner, G. A.; Conlin, Jonathan
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hardcover. Freeman was an idiosyncratic and imaginative polymath who saw past and present as interwoven and had a gift for bringing history alive. A colourful and outspoken Victorian, he provides a historical context for current debates on multi-culturalism, race, and national identity. This volume fills an important gap in the history of Victorian thought. Editor(s): Bremner, G. A.; Conlin, Jonathan. Series: Proceedings of the British Academy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
'History is past politics, politics is present history.' Thus observed Edward Augustus Freeman, 19th-century historian and public intellectual. He was an idiosyncratic and imaginative thinker who saw past and present as interwoven and had a way of collapsing barriers of time - a gift for making the reader feel part of history, rather than merely its student. Freeman's interests ranged widely beyond history, however, and this volume provides a biographical as well as intellectual survey of his activities. Thus chapters intersect with historical episodes such as Tractarianism, Liberal Anglicanism and the Gothic Revival, cutting across the divides that ... Read more
'History is past politics, politics is present history.' Thus observed Edward Augustus Freeman, 19th-century historian and public intellectual. He was an idiosyncratic and imaginative thinker who saw past and present as interwoven and had a way of collapsing barriers of time - a gift for making the reader feel part of history, rather than merely its student. Freeman's interests ranged widely beyond history, however, and this volume provides a biographical as well as intellectual survey of his activities. Thus chapters intersect with historical episodes such as Tractarianism, Liberal Anglicanism and the Gothic Revival, cutting across the divides that ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
OUP Oxford United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Proceedings of the British Academy
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780197265871
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V9780197265871
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Reviews for Making History: Edward Augustus Freeman and Victorian Cultural Politics: Vol. 202 (Proceedings of the British Academy)
[an] entertaining and illuminating volume of essays
Michael Hall, The Victorian
Michael Hall, The Victorian