A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century - Brossura

Burrow, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0375727671 ISBN 13: 9780375727672

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2009

Riassunto

A critical analysis of the study of the past and its implications in the Western world, from ancient times to the present day, offers a close-up look at the work of individual historians--including Herodotus, Tacitus, Bede, Gibbon, and Parkman--and how they presented the past in terms of their individual perspectives, beliefs, circumstances, goals, and historical periods. Reprint.

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“Burrow marshals a lifetime of knowledge and guides the reader effortlessly across the ages.” —Time

“A fascinating compendium.” —The New Yorker

“A triumph. . . . Reminds us of how often the narratives of the great historians resemble works of literature and of how important a secure grasp of historical fact can be to the progress of culture and the fate of nations.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Absorbingly informative. . . . An exemplar of how history should be written. Witty, scholarly and, above all, fair.” —The Times (London)

L'autore:

John Burrow was for many years Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Sussex. From 1994 to 2000 he was the first Professor of Intellectual History at Oxford. He is author of A Liberal Descent, Gibbon, Whigs and Liberals: Continuity and Change in English Political Thought, The Crisis of Reason: European Thought 1848-1914, and That Noble Sphere of Politics. He will be Distinguished Visiting Professor at Williams College, Massachusetts, January to May 2008.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0375727671
• ISBN 13: 9780375727672
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 544