This study gives insights into the process of "imagining history" and argues the case for a humanistic approach. It shows how writers have brought alive in their work an individual struggle to comprehend some of the most important political phenomena to the 2Oth century.
This study gives insights into the process of "imagining history" and argues the case for a humanistic approach. It shows how writers have brought alive in their work an individual struggle to comprehend some of the most important political phenomena to the 2Oth century.
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Part 1 "The end of clear thinking and the triumph of irrationalism" - British fiction, 1910-1940: Collingwood and Waugh - the philosopher's detective and Boot of the "Beast"; irony as historical realism - "Under Western Eyes"; jumping overboard - Lawrence, "Kangaroo", and the retreat from history. Part 2 All the king's and president's men - political intellectuals in post-war America: tragic knowledge and "The Earned Redemption" - the history lesson of "All the King's Men"; Watergate and after - the good, the bad and the "Good as Gold".
Part 1 "The end of clear thinking and the triumph of irrationalism" - British fiction, 1910-1940: Collingwood and Waugh - the philosopher's detective and Boot of the "Beast"; irony as historical realism - "Under Western Eyes"; jumping overboard - Lawrence, "Kangaroo", and the retreat from history. Part 2 All the king's and president's men - political intellectuals in post-war America: tragic knowledge and "The Earned Redemption" - the history lesson of "All the King's Men"; Watergate and after - the good, the bad and the "Good as Gold".
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