This book looks at neo-classicism as a context for understanding early-modern English historical writing, and traces the implications of neo-classical history for English political culture at large. By paying close attention to historical genres and audiences, it reassesses both the famous and lesser-known historians of this era, dramatizing them as engaged in a struggle to preserve ancient models of historical composition in the face of a rapidly modernizing society characterized by party politics, print, Christianity, and antiquarian erudition.

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Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, USA

Philip Hicks

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PHILIP HICKS

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Book Title: Neoclassical History and English Culture
Book Subtitle: From Clarendon to Hume
Authors: Philip Hicks
Series Title: Studies in Modern History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230376151
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-65940-3Published: 11 October 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37615-1Published: 11 October 1996
Series ISSN: 2946-2053
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 289
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Modern History

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