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Owen Dudley Edwards

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Description:Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome, Critical and Historical Essays, and above all his History of England have delighted readers ever since they were written. In this vigorous and idiosyncratic account of the historian who wished his book to replace the latest novel on every young lady's table, Owen Dudley Edwards argues for Macaulay's more serious purpose in writing — more serious than the mere Whig party-politicking in which his reputation has become enmired. Macaulay's intense evangelical inheritance gave him the drive to address the widest possible audience of educated people, and to charm and instruct his readers into sharing his own passionate love of classical learning and modern history. Owen Dudley Edwards bring out for the for the first time the importance of Macaulay's Highland ancestry, both in his use of the oral historical tradition and in the alienation which rested at the heart of his apparently English confidence: he saw himself as a racial mixture of Celtic and Saxon, and believed in the necessity for a racially mixed empire in which all racial groups would be subsumed into the great and broadening English tradition. Only full possession of English history and culture would entitle those future masters of the empire to enter into their responsibilities: here was the role his History would play. Owen Dudley Edwards's eloquent re-appraisal of Macaulay is long overdue; in the tercentenary years of the Glorious Revolution, it finds in the Revolution's bard a voice which has indeed shaped our England.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Macaulay (Historians on historians). To get started finding Macaulay (Historians on historians), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome, Critical and Historical Essays, and above all his History of England have delighted readers ever since they were written. In this vigorous and idiosyncratic account of the historian who wished his book to replace the latest novel on every young lady's table, Owen Dudley Edwards argues for Macaulay's more serious purpose in writing — more serious than the mere Whig party-politicking in which his reputation has become enmired. Macaulay's intense evangelical inheritance gave him the drive to address the widest possible audience of educated people, and to charm and instruct his readers into sharing his own passionate love of classical learning and modern history. Owen Dudley Edwards bring out for the for the first time the importance of Macaulay's Highland ancestry, both in his use of the oral historical tradition and in the alienation which rested at the heart of his apparently English confidence: he saw himself as a racial mixture of Celtic and Saxon, and believed in the necessity for a racially mixed empire in which all racial groups would be subsumed into the great and broadening English tradition. Only full possession of English history and culture would entitle those future masters of the empire to enter into their responsibilities: here was the role his History would play. Owen Dudley Edwards's eloquent re-appraisal of Macaulay is long overdue; in the tercentenary years of the Glorious Revolution, it finds in the Revolution's bard a voice which has indeed shaped our England.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Macaulay (Historians on historians). To get started finding Macaulay (Historians on historians), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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