History As Art and As Science Twin Vistas on the Past |
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| Author:
| Hughes, H. Stuart |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-35916-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1975 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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"Professor Hughes offers an earnest warning: 'Unless there is some emotional tie, some elective affinity linking the student to his subject of study, the results will be pedantic and perfunctory.' In other words, it is only a step from the sublime to the meticulous. Those eager to guard against that sad descent will find
History as Art and as Science a guide, a tonic, and an inspiration. Its short, electrifying essays are so magnificently sane and persuasive they should be...
More Description"Professor Hughes offers an earnest warning: 'Unless there is some emotional tie, some elective affinity linking the student to his subject of study, the results will be pedantic and perfunctory.' In other words, it is only a step from the sublime to the meticulous. Those eager to guard against that sad descent will find History as Art and as Science a guide, a tonic, and an inspiration. Its short, electrifying essays are so magnificently sane and persuasive they should be required reading for every student who contemplates a major in history."--Geoffrey Bruun, Saturday Review