This investigation of literary history writing between 1770 and 1820 identifies the mode's distinction from canon formation as central to its cultural vitality. Using secret history, memoir and the novel, amongst other sources, it invites a re-thinking of literary history's place in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century print culture. INDICE: - Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART I: WRITING AND REWRITING LIVES - Writing Lives - Rewriting Lives: Revolution, Reaction, and Apostasy - PART II: LITERARY HISTORY AND BOOKS - Bibliomania and Antiquarianism - Literary History and Literary Specimens - PART III: ISAAC D'ISTAELI AND LITERARY HISTORY - Apostasy and Exclusion - The Structures of Opinion - PART IV: THE GENRESOF LITERARY HISTORY - The 'whole mind of the nation' - Literary History, Periodicals, Lectures - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24813-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 20/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés