Romantic Pasts
History, Fiction and Feeling in Britain, 1790-1850
Published on 30. June 2022
312 pages
978-1-4744-8190-8 (ISBN)
Description
Rethinks the characterisation of romantic-era written history as primarily sentimental.
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05/2022
Edinburgh University Press
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Content
- Cover
- Half title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Romantic Histories of Feeling
- 1. Historical Sentiment and Experience: Burke and Wollstonecraft
- 2. Historical Subjects and Ethical Character: Godwin and Carlyle
- 3. Historical Ethnogenesis and National Feeling: Scott, Moore, and Southey
- 4. Historical Style and the Man of Letters: Macaulay and Carlyle
- 5. Historical Reviewing: Specialisation and Periodical Culture
- Epilogue: A Romantic Return?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
