Reading the Past by Tamsin Spargo

Reading the Past by Tamsin Spargo

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Questions about how and why we read the past continue to demand the attention of cultural critics. Reading the Past introduces key debates about history, historiography, and historicism which have transformed approaches to the past in departments of History and Literature.

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Reading the Past by Tamsin Spargo

Questions about how and why we read the past continue to demand the attention of cultural critics. Reading the Past introduces key debates about history, historiography, and historicism which have transformed approaches to the past in departments of History and Literature. It includes influential and provocative theoretical essays as well as lively case studies and readings by literary critics and historians. The emphasis is on providing teachers and students with accessible yet challenging material to stimulate debate.
'Useful overview of key historical debates with helpful summaries' - Maria Jones, University of Wolverhampton
TAMSIN SPARGO is Reader in Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University.
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ISBN 13 9780333771211
ISBN 10 0333771214
Title Reading the Past
Author Tamsin Spargo
Series Readers In Cultural Criticism
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2000-09-11
Number of pages 200
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