On Historical Distance

Conceptions of distance are foundational to historical thought, but the author gives the idea new subtlety and meaning. In this book, he examines Renaissance, Enlightenment, and contemporary histories, and a broad spectrum of historical genres - including local history, literary history, counter-factual fiction, history painting, and museology.

About the author

Mark Salber Phillips is professor of history at Carleton University, Ottawa. He is the author of Society and Sentiment: Genres of Historical Thought in Britain, 1740-1820, as well as studies on the Italian Renaissance and on the concept of tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Phillips, Mark Salber Phillips, PHILLIPS MARK SALBER
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.06.2013
• EAN: 9780300140378
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14037-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History