French Historians and Romanticism : Thierry, Guizot, the Saint-Simonians, Quinet, Michelet.
Examines the way in which the past was rediscovered, retrieved and represented in post-revolutionary France, concentrating upon the Restoration and the July Monarchy.
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1993.
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Table of 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.