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Narratives of Enlightenment: Cosmopolitan History from Voltaire to Gibbon
Karen O´brien
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Paperback. A reappraisal of the work of five major narrative historians (Voltaire, Hume, Robertson, Gibbon and Ramsay) in eighteenth-century Europe and America. Series Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Richetti, John. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 268 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
Narratives of Enlightenment is an interdisciplinary study of cosmopolitan approaches to the past. It reappraises the work of five of the most important narrative historians of the century - Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay - in the context of political and national debates in France, Scotland, England and America; and it investigates the nature and degree of their intellectual investment in the idea of a common European civilisation. Karen O'Brien combines the methodologies of literary criticism and intellectual history to explore debates about Enlightenments and the political uses of ... Read more
Narratives of Enlightenment is an interdisciplinary study of cosmopolitan approaches to the past. It reappraises the work of five of the most important narrative historians of the century - Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay - in the context of political and national debates in France, Scotland, England and America; and it investigates the nature and degree of their intellectual investment in the idea of a common European civilisation. Karen O'Brien combines the methodologies of literary criticism and intellectual history to explore debates about Enlightenments and the political uses of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521619448
SKU
V9780521619448
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Reviews for Narratives of Enlightenment: Cosmopolitan History from Voltaire to Gibbon
'Compellingly lucid and elegant.' Sir Tony Wrigley, President of the British Academy