Titre : |
The History of England |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
LORD MACAULAY, Auteur |
Editeur : |
USA : Penguin books |
Année de publication : |
1992 |
Importance : |
576 p. |
Format : |
20cm*13cm. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-14-043133-9 |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng) |
Index. décimale : |
942 Angleterre et pays de Galles |
Résumé : |
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) won instantaneous and outstanding success in prose and poetry in politics and oratory. His History, translated throughout Europe ad achieving sales in America second only to the bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently efforless triumph. In the sweep and power of his writing Macauklay rivals the finest novelists. He was much influenced by Sir Walter Scott and relied heavily on literature to recapture the atmosphere of the past. Though the theme of his History is clearly defined - the 1688 Revolution and the reign of William III which effectively consolidated that Revolution - it succeeds in presenting Macaulay's interpretation of the whole course of English history. He possessed an unerring grasp of political reality and he firmly reasserted the primacy of politics in the historical process as the essential motor of social change. |
The History of England [texte imprimé] / LORD MACAULAY, Auteur . - USA : Penguin books, 1992 . - 576 p. ; 20cm*13cm. ISBN : 978-0-14-043133-9 Langues : Anglais ( eng) Langues originales : Anglais ( eng)
Index. décimale : |
942 Angleterre et pays de Galles |
Résumé : |
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) won instantaneous and outstanding success in prose and poetry in politics and oratory. His History, translated throughout Europe ad achieving sales in America second only to the bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently efforless triumph. In the sweep and power of his writing Macauklay rivals the finest novelists. He was much influenced by Sir Walter Scott and relied heavily on literature to recapture the atmosphere of the past. Though the theme of his History is clearly defined - the 1688 Revolution and the reign of William III which effectively consolidated that Revolution - it succeeds in presenting Macaulay's interpretation of the whole course of English history. He possessed an unerring grasp of political reality and he firmly reasserted the primacy of politics in the historical process as the essential motor of social change. |
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