{"product_id":"liberal-epic-the-victorian-practice-of-history-from-gibbon-to-churchill-hardcover","title":"Liberal Epic: The Victorian Practice of History from Gibbon to Churchill - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLiberal Epic, \u003c\/i\u003e Edward Adams examines the liberal imagination's centuries-long dependence on contradictory, and mutually constitutive, attitudes toward violent domination. Adams centers his ambitious analysis on a series of major epic poems, histories, and historical novels, including Dryden's \u003ci\u003eAeneid, \u003c\/i\u003e Pope's \u003ci\u003eIliad, \u003c\/i\u003e Gibbon's \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire, \u003c\/i\u003e Byron's \u003ci\u003eDon Juan, \u003c\/i\u003e Scott's \u003ci\u003eLife of Napoleon, \u003c\/i\u003e Napier's \u003ci\u003eHistory of the War in the Peninsula, \u003c\/i\u003e Macaulay's \u003ci\u003eHistory of England, \u003c\/i\u003e Hardy's \u003ci\u003eDynasts, \u003c\/i\u003e and Churchill's military histories--works that rank among the most important publishing events of the past three centuries yet that have seldom received critical attention relative to their importance. In recovering these neglected works and gathering them together as part of a self-conscious literary tradition here defined as liberal epic, Adams provides an archaeology that sheds light on contemporary issues such as the relation of liberalism to war, the tactics for sanitizing heroism, and the appeal of violence to supposedly humane readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eVictorian Literature and Culture Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Adams is Associate Professor of English at Washington and Lee University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757790003488,"sku":"9780813931456","price":93.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/be2e94bf58bdc87c5a0c2bd9222aa7c3.webp?v=1780111852","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/liberal-epic-the-victorian-practice-of-history-from-gibbon-to-churchill-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}