TY - BOOK TI - Historical literatures: writing about the past in Engand, 1660-1740 SN - 1526130165 AV - PR431 .G35 2012eb U1 - 820.935809032 23 PY - 2017/// CY - MANCHESTER PB - MANCHESTER UNIV Press KW - English literature KW - 17th century KW - History and criticism KW - 18th century KW - Literature and history KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Littérature anglaise KW - 17e siècle KW - Histoire et critique KW - 18e siècle KW - Littérature et histoire KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Histoire KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1842625 ER -