Author: Samuel PURCHAS (the Elder.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
Book Description
Purchas his Pilgrim. Microcosmus, or the historie of Man. Relating the Wonders of his Generation, Vanities in his Degeneration, Necessity of his Regeneration
Author: Samuel PURCHAS (the Elder.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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The Cambridge History of English Literature
Author: Sir Adolphus William Ward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Cambridge History of English Literature Volume Xv
Author: Alfred Rayney, Waller, Adolphus William, Ward
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The Elizabethans
Author:
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Outlines of English Literature
Author: Alonzo C. Hall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Catalogue of the Valuable Private Library of the Late Charles Deane
Author: Charles Deane
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Clio and the Crown
Author: Richard L. Kagan
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Monarchs throughout the ages have commissioned official histories that cast their reigns in a favorable light for future generations. These accounts, sanctioned and supported by the ruling government, often gloss over the more controversial aspects of a king's or queen’s time on the throne. Instead, they present highly selective and positive readings of a monarch’s contribution to national identity and global affairs. In Clio and the Crown, Richard L. Kagan examines the official histories of Spanish monarchs from medieval times to the middle of the 18th century. He expertly guides readers through the different kinds of official histories commissioned: those whose primary focus was the monarch; those that centered on the Spanish kingdom as a whole; and those that celebrated Spain’s conquest of the New World. In doing so, Kagan also documents the life and work of individual court chroniclers, examines changes in the practice of official history, and highlights the political machinations that influenced the redaction of such histories. Just as world leaders today rely on fast-talking press officers to explain their sometimes questionable actions to the public, so too did the kings and queens of medieval and early modern Spain. Monarchs often went to great lengths to exert complete control over the official history of their reign, physically intimidating historians, destroying and seizing manuscripts and books, rewriting past histories, and restricting history writing to authorized persons. Still, the larger practice of history writing—as conducted by nonroyalist historians, various scholars and writers, and even church historians—provided a corrective to official histories. Kagan concludes that despite its blemishes, the writing of official histories contributed, however imperfectly, to the practice of historiography itself.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Monarchs throughout the ages have commissioned official histories that cast their reigns in a favorable light for future generations. These accounts, sanctioned and supported by the ruling government, often gloss over the more controversial aspects of a king's or queen’s time on the throne. Instead, they present highly selective and positive readings of a monarch’s contribution to national identity and global affairs. In Clio and the Crown, Richard L. Kagan examines the official histories of Spanish monarchs from medieval times to the middle of the 18th century. He expertly guides readers through the different kinds of official histories commissioned: those whose primary focus was the monarch; those that centered on the Spanish kingdom as a whole; and those that celebrated Spain’s conquest of the New World. In doing so, Kagan also documents the life and work of individual court chroniclers, examines changes in the practice of official history, and highlights the political machinations that influenced the redaction of such histories. Just as world leaders today rely on fast-talking press officers to explain their sometimes questionable actions to the public, so too did the kings and queens of medieval and early modern Spain. Monarchs often went to great lengths to exert complete control over the official history of their reign, physically intimidating historians, destroying and seizing manuscripts and books, rewriting past histories, and restricting history writing to authorized persons. Still, the larger practice of history writing—as conducted by nonroyalist historians, various scholars and writers, and even church historians—provided a corrective to official histories. Kagan concludes that despite its blemishes, the writing of official histories contributed, however imperfectly, to the practice of historiography itself.
The Cambridge History of Travel Writing
Author: Nandini Das
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110861681X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bringing together original contributions from scholars across the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity to the Internet age. It examines travel texts of several national or linguistic traditions, introducing readers to the global contexts of the genre. From wilderness to the urban, from Nigeria to the polar regions, from mountains to rivers and the desert, this book explores some of the key places and physical features represented in travel writing. Chapters also consider the employment in travel writing of the diary, the letter, visual images, maps and poetry, as well as the relationship of travel writing to fiction, science, translation and tourism. Gender-based and ecocritical approaches are among those surveyed. Together, the thirty-seven chapters here underline the richness and complexity of this genre.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110861681X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bringing together original contributions from scholars across the world, this volume traces the history of travel writing from antiquity to the Internet age. It examines travel texts of several national or linguistic traditions, introducing readers to the global contexts of the genre. From wilderness to the urban, from Nigeria to the polar regions, from mountains to rivers and the desert, this book explores some of the key places and physical features represented in travel writing. Chapters also consider the employment in travel writing of the diary, the letter, visual images, maps and poetry, as well as the relationship of travel writing to fiction, science, translation and tourism. Gender-based and ecocritical approaches are among those surveyed. Together, the thirty-seven chapters here underline the richness and complexity of this genre.
Lapham-Richards
Author: Luther Samuel Livingston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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