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English pasts

Name: English pasts
Author: Stefan Collini

Stefan Collini

25 March 1999

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Book Synopsis

In this collection of engaging and readable essays, Stefan Collini shows how much can be gained from bringing a rigorous historical perspective to some of the most contentious issues in contemporary culture. Whether he is asking what it means to inhabit and possess a `national past', or reflecting on the role of the historian as social critic, whether he is scrutinizing the claims of Cultural Studies or challenging the assumptions about academic research whether he is pondering the future of literary biography or reassessing some of the leading minds in modern British culture, Collini writes with a rare blend of sympathy, sharpness, and wit. Explicitly addressed to the `non-specialist', these essays attempt to make some of the fruits of detailed scholarly research in various fields available to a wider audience. The book will interest (and delight) readers interested in history, literature, and contemporary cultural debate.

About The Author

Stefan Collini is a Reader in Intellectual History and 35 Fulbrooke Road, Cambridge CB3 9EE (home)and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780198207801
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, (25 March 1999)
Number of Pages: 348
Weight: 430 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 20 mm
Categories:: Social and cultural European History of ideas