Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and His Reputation, 1776-1815 by Womersley, David

Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and His Reputation, 1776-1815 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198187332)

Vendor: David Womersley
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and His Reputation, 1776-1815 by Womersley, David

Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and His Reputation, 1776-1815

$370.00
Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and His Reputation, 1776-1815 by Womersley, David

Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian and His Reputation, 1776-1815

$370.00
Format: Hardcover
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The subject of this book is the story of the conflict between Gibbon and those he mockingly dubbed the "Watchmen of the Holy City," and it explores the ramifications of an elusive aspect of authorship. By considering the sequence of interactions between the historian and his readership, Womersley makes possible a more intimate understanding of what might be called Gibbon's experience of himself. At the same time he deepens our knowledge of the conditions of English authorship during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Author: David Womersley
ISBN-10: 0198187335
ISBN-13: 9780198187332
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 02/21/2002
Pages: 468
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 8.51h x 6.11w x 1.51d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2002 pg. 334

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