Historical literatures : writing about the past in Engand, 1660-1740 /
Historical literatures : writing about the past in Engand, 1660-1740 /
Noelle Gallagher.
- MANCHESTER : MANCHESTER UNIV Press, 2017.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Memoir. Memoirs and the history of the individual ; Apostrophe : Colley Cibber's Apology and the development of social history ; Analogy : John Evelyn's Kalendarium and the public diary tradition -- 2. Secret history. Secret histories as histories ; Narrative voices : Daniel Defoe's Secret History of the White-staff in dialogue ; Narrative personae : Delarivier Manley's Secret Memoirs and Manners and the modern chronicle -- 3. Satire and panegyric. Satire and panegyric as forms of historical writing ; Metonymy : Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, and the advice-to-a-painter poem ; Metaphor : John Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel and historical allegory -- 4. History reconsidered. Rethinking history at its 'lowest ebb' ; Secret history and Roger North's 'historical controversy' ; History with a 'design' : satire and John Oldmixon's History of England During the Reigns of the Royal House of Stuart.
1526130165 (electronic bk.) 9781526130167 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv6b63x JSTOR
1600-1799
English literature--History and criticism.--17th century
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Literature and history--History--Great Britain--17th century.
Literature and history--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--17e siècle
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Littérature et histoire--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--17e siècle.
Littérature et histoire--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
Literature and history.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR431 / .G35 2012eb
820.935809032
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Memoir. Memoirs and the history of the individual ; Apostrophe : Colley Cibber's Apology and the development of social history ; Analogy : John Evelyn's Kalendarium and the public diary tradition -- 2. Secret history. Secret histories as histories ; Narrative voices : Daniel Defoe's Secret History of the White-staff in dialogue ; Narrative personae : Delarivier Manley's Secret Memoirs and Manners and the modern chronicle -- 3. Satire and panegyric. Satire and panegyric as forms of historical writing ; Metonymy : Edmund Waller, Andrew Marvell, and the advice-to-a-painter poem ; Metaphor : John Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel and historical allegory -- 4. History reconsidered. Rethinking history at its 'lowest ebb' ; Secret history and Roger North's 'historical controversy' ; History with a 'design' : satire and John Oldmixon's History of England During the Reigns of the Royal House of Stuart.
1526130165 (electronic bk.) 9781526130167 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv6b63x JSTOR
1600-1799
English literature--History and criticism.--17th century
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
Literature and history--History--Great Britain--17th century.
Literature and history--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--17e siècle
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--18e siècle
Littérature et histoire--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--17e siècle.
Littérature et histoire--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature.
Literature and history.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR431 / .G35 2012eb
820.935809032