The Nineteenth-Century Present: Literature, Print Culture and Historicity

Koenraad Claes (Curatore)

Elizabeth Ludlow (Curatore)

Manchester University Press, 2025

The nineteenth-century present explores the multiple ways in which history was understood, structured, and reassessed in literary, theological, and political contexts across the nineteenth century. While the scope of the book is wide, ranging from the representations of geological time and ancient history to the writing of the recent past, and covering the work of writers from Walter Scott to G.K. Chesterton, each chapter reveals how present concerns intrude on and shape every view of history. Ultimately, the collection emphasises that issues raised regarding historicity in recent methodological debates were already concerns in the nineteenth century. -- .

• Curatore: Koenraad Claes, Elizabeth Ludlow
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Collana: Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 298 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 138 mm
• Peso: 495 gr.
• EAN: 9781526172365

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