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Neoclassical History and English Culture

From Clarendon to Hume

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Philip Hicks

    1. Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Modern History (SMH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. The Weakness in English Historical Writing

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 1-22

  3. Neoclassical History and the Modern World

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 23-45

  4. Clarendon as the English Thucydides

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 46-81

  5. Dr Brady and the History of England

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 82-109

  6. The Death of Thucydidean History

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 110-142

  7. General History in an Age of Party

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 143-169

  8. David Hume as a Neoclassical Historian

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 170-209

  9. Conclusion

    • Philip Hicks
    Pages 210-216

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 217-289
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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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