English Pasts: Essays in History and Culture

by Stefan Collini

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This is an accessible collection of essays by a leading historian and critic. Subjects include the idea of "the national past," the historian as social critic, the claims of Cultural Studies, the nature of academic "research," the function of the literary biography, and the lives and ideas of such figures as Charles Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Bertrand Russell, R. H. Tawney, Isaiah Berlin, Raymond Williams, and Richard...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198207808

ISBN13:9780198207801

Release Date:May 1999

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Ancient Early Civilization England Europe Historical Study & Educational Resources Historiography History Ireland Language Arts

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