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The Art and Science of Victorian History

Rosemary Jann

Frontmatter and Acknowledgments
Introduction

   1. Thomas Arnold: History as Practical Evangel
   2. Thomas Carlyle: History as Secular Prophecy
   3. Thomas Babington Macaulay: History as Whig Via Media
   4. James Anthony Froude: History as Protestant Apologia
   5. John Richard Green: History as National Biography
   6. Edward Augustus Freeman: History as Past Politics

Conclusion: Desired Presents and Re-ordered Pasts
Epilogue: Amateur Ideals and Professional Identities

Notes
Index

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