French historians and romanticism : Thierry, Guizot, the Saint-Simonians, Quinet, Michelet / Ceri Crossley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crossley, Ceri.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historians--France--Attitudes.

Historians.

Romanticism--France.

Romanticism.

France--Historiography.

France.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The French Revolution had a profound influence on perceptions of the past as well as setting the agenda for modern political culture. This book examines the ways in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy, the period which witnessed the promotion of history as a grand discourse of legitimation.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: history and the post-revolutionary context; Augustin Thierry (1795 1856) and the project of national history; Francois Guizot (1787 1874) and liberal history: the concept of civilisation; The historical vision of Saint-Simon (1760 1825) and the Saint-Simonians (1825 1832); Edgar Quinet (1803 1875): history, nature and religion; Jules Michelet (1798 1874): history as resurrection; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-280) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-97667-4

1-134-97668-2

1-280-32767-7

0-203-16169-6

9780203161692

OCLC:

475884739