Style in history

by Gay, Peter

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Full title :Style in history / by Peter Gay.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1976, ©1974.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1976, ©1974.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 241 pages : : portraits ; : 21 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0070230633, 9780070230637
oclc:ocm02899281
LC Classification:D14
Dewey Decimal:907/.2/022

Introduction: style -- from manner to matter -- Gibbon: a modern cynic among ancient politicians -- Ranke: the respectful critic -- Macaulay: intellectual voluptuary -- Burckhardt: the poet of truth -- Conclusion: on style in history.

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Burckhardt, Jacob Gibbon, Edward Historici Historiographie Historiography Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay,, B… Macaulay, Thomas Babington,, 1st Baron … Ranke, Leopold von Stijlen