Carolyn Steedman

Poetry for historians

Or, W. H. Auden and history

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is the point of poetry for historians? The answer lies in this new 'history of history', which looks at the question through the prism of W. H. Audenâ s Cold War history poems and of poetry and history education from the eighteenth century to the present day. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781526125231
• ISBN-10: 1526125234
• Artikelnr.: 49224813

Autorenporträt

Carolyn Steedman is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Warwick

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: History 1 Servant poets: an ode on a dishclout 2 W. H.
Auden and the servants 3 The uses of Clio 4 An education 5 W. H. Auden and
me 6 Caesura: a worker reads history and a historian writes poetry PART II:
Historiography 7 Makers of history 8 Homage to Clio 9 The ridiculous
historian's hopes Conclusion Index