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This book studies the rise and nature of historicist approaches to life, race, character, language, political economy, and empire. Arguing that... Læs mere
Some of the most distinguished historians and literary scholars in the English-speaking world explore the... Læs mere
The Middle East is often depicted as a landscape of war, authoritarianism, and social unrest. This book, full... Læs mere
First published in 1945, this book presents the text of the National Book League's Third Annual Lecture, which was delivered during that year by the renowned British historian G.... Læs mere
This new approach to the temporal dynamic of historiography will appeal to classicists, ancient historians and... Læs mere
The first study of the literary representation of Roman republican magistracy. Applying current literary critical methods to... Læs mere
A radical history of the expansionary project of statehood and its role in constructing the vastly unequal global... Læs mere
Why did men and women in one of the best educated countries in the Western world set out to get rid of Jews? In this book, Judith M. Hughes focuses... Læs mere
A global history of historical writing and thought from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the... Læs mere
Supported by a wide-ranging selection of documents online, this fourth edition provides an updated overview of the main themes of the Enlightenment and an analysis of the movement as a... Læs mere
Edward Gibbon's monumental The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is of enduring interest to literary scholars, classicists and historians of the... Læs mere
Marks the author's breakthrough in criticism from the literary and aesthetic into social theory and the philosophy of history. This title provides his first entry into what he calls his theory of Dramatism; and, an important section on the nature of ritual.