Island Stories
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Island Stories by Alison Light
A collection of essays which offer a testimony of the dialogue between the present and the past.
The sheer scope and erudition of these pages is stunning.. an imaginative tour de force. -- Terry Eagleton * Guardian *
Provocative, original ... a powerful testimony to the unending dialogue between the present and the past that is the essence and excitement of history. -- David Cannadine * Observer *
A stunning collection ... humane, optimistic, multi-textured, ever-meandering but always sparkling ... One of the finest and-paradoxically-most quintessentially English historians of our time. -- Ben Pimlott * Independent on Sunday *
A magnificent and irreplaceable collection. -- John Gray * New Statesman *
A provocative lens into both the remote and the near British past. * Publishers Weekly *
Deeply researched, intelligently argued, lovingly presented, thoroughly excitable and immensely stimulating ... [Samuel is] as comfortable with seventeenth-century sectarians as with Victorian nonconformists, as familiar with the townlands of Ireland as the streets of London. -- John Gillis * Left History *
A rich fund of subversive ideas. -- Daniel Johnson * The Times *
Provocative, original ... a powerful testimony to the unending dialogue between the present and the past that is the essence and excitement of history. -- David Cannadine * Observer *
A stunning collection ... humane, optimistic, multi-textured, ever-meandering but always sparkling ... One of the finest and-paradoxically-most quintessentially English historians of our time. -- Ben Pimlott * Independent on Sunday *
A magnificent and irreplaceable collection. -- John Gray * New Statesman *
A provocative lens into both the remote and the near British past. * Publishers Weekly *
Deeply researched, intelligently argued, lovingly presented, thoroughly excitable and immensely stimulating ... [Samuel is] as comfortable with seventeenth-century sectarians as with Victorian nonconformists, as familiar with the townlands of Ireland as the streets of London. -- John Gillis * Left History *
A rich fund of subversive ideas. -- Daniel Johnson * The Times *
Raphael Samuel (1934-1996) tutored History at Ruskin College, Oxford, and was a founding editor of History Workshop Journal. His works include Theatres of Memory and Island Stories. For more information about his work, see The Raphael Samuel History Centre and Archive online.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781859841907 |
| ISBN 10 | 1859841902 |
| Title | Island Stories |
| Author | Alison Light |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 1999-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 414 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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