Narratives of Enlightenment Cosmopolitan History from Voltaire to Gibbon |
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Author:
| O'Brien, Karen |
Contribution by:
| Erskine-Hill, Howard Richetti, John |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Thought Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-61944-8 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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Narratives of Enlightenment reappraises the work of five of the most important narrative historians of the eighteenth century SH Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon, and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay SH in the context of political and national debates in France, Scotland, England and America. Where previous studies have emphasised the growth of nationalism in eighteenth-century literature, Karen O'Brien reveals the development of cosmopolitan...
More DescriptionNarratives of Enlightenment reappraises the work of five of the most important narrative historians of the eighteenth century SH Voltaire, David Hume, William Robertson, Edward Gibbon, and the historian of the American Revolution, David Ramsay SH in the context of political and national debates in France, Scotland, England and America. Where previous studies have emphasised the growth of nationalism in eighteenth-century literature, Karen O'Brien reveals the development of cosmopolitan ways of thinking beyond national cultural issues.