Writing History in Late Imperial Russia : Scholarship and the Literary Canon,...

Description: Writing History in Late Imperial Russia : Scholarship and the Literary Canon, Hardcover by Nethercott, Frances, ISBN 1350130400, ISBN-13 9781350130401, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This book describes how Russian historians during the late imperial era drew on the literary canon as a resource for understanding the past, focusing on the work of historians Timofei Granovskii, Vasilii Kliuchevskii, and Ivan Grevs. It describes their formal and informal training as historians, the literature that shaped their early interest in the subject, the importance of intellectual mentors, and how creative literature informed their historical inquiry. It discusses the domestic political and institutional conditions and the broader European-wide literary conventions and philosophical theories that shaped the development of history as a discipline during the late imperial era; the role, perception, and self-perception of master historians as intellectual and moral authorities; the literary aspects of historians and narratives in light of literary conventions; the use of literary tropes in the construction of historical portraits; how historians worked with poetry and prose as supporting historical evidence; Grevs' study of excursion history; writings by historians on the nation's modern literary pantheon, including Aleksandr Pushkin, Lev Tolsoi, Mikhail Lermontov, and Ivan Turgenev; and the rise of literary history as a sub-discipline at the end of the 19th century and its impact on the career profile of the generalist historian. Annotation ©2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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