English Pasts - Essays in History and Culture

Zusatztext fresh and topical. At his best - and these essays show him at his best - Collini is one of the sharpest observers and most mordant critics in English academic life. Informationen zum Autor Stefan Collini is a Reader in Intellectual History and 35 Fulbrooke Road, Cambridge CB3 9EE (home)and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. Klappentext This is an accessible collection of essays by a leading historian and critic. Subjects include the idea of "the national past!" the historian as social critic! the claims of Cultural Studies! the nature of academic "research!" the function of the literary biography! and the lives and ideas of such figures as Charles Darwin! John Stuart Mill! Anthony Trollope! George Eliot! Bertrand Russell! R. H. Tawney! Isaiah Berlin! Raymond Williams! and Richard Hoggart. Zusammenfassung Aimed at the non-specialist reader, this book presents a collection of essays. It covers such subjects as: the idea of 'the national past', the historian as social critic, the claims of Cultural Studies, the nature of academic 'research', the function of the literary biography, and the lives and ideas of popular figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: Histories 1: Writing `the National History': Trevelyan and After 2: French Contrasts: From the Panthéon to Poets' Corner 3: Idealizing England: Élie Halévy and Lewis Namier 4: Speaking With Authority: The Historian as Social Critic 5: Victorian Values: from the Clapham Sect to the Clapham Omnibus Part II: Minds 6: High Mind: John Stuart Mill 7: Literary Minds: Anthony Trollope and George Eliot 8: Young Minds: Charles Darwin and Bertrand Russell 9: Moral Mind: R. H. Tawney 10: Liberal Mind: Isaiah Berlin 11: Critical Minds: Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart Part III: Arguments 12: Against Prodspeak: `Research' in the Humanities 13: Grievance Studies: How not to do Cultural Criticism 14: Company Histories: CamU PLC and SocAnth Ltd 15: With Friends Like These: John Carey and Noel Annan 16: Before Another Tribunal : the Idea of the `Non-specialist Public' Acknowledgements and References Index ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stefan Collini, Stefan (Reader in Intellectual History an Collini, Collini Stefan
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.03.1999
• EAN: 9780198207801
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820780-1
• Pagine: 360
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history