{"product_id":"poetry-for-historians-or-w-h-auden-and-history-paperback","title":"Poetry for historians: Or, W. H. Auden and history - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarolyn Steedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the point of poetry for historians? The answer lies in this new 'history of history', which looks at the question through the prism of W. H. Auden's Cold War history poems and of poetry and history education from the eighteenth century to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the long, convoluted relationship between poets and historians, poetry and history. Sometimes antagonistic, sometimes harmonious, this relationship has always been a kind of love story. Using the poetry of W. H. Auden as a lens, Carolyn Steedman examines developments in academic, public and popular history. In doing so, she provides a new 'history of History', encompassing history writing, historical thinking and history-in-society. Her ultimate aim is to shed light on the poetics of the very idea of 'history' itself, to challenge the philosophical assumptions that separate one field from the other and to reflect on the choices available, in different times and places, for 'telling what had been'. Readers of Steedman's influential \u003ci\u003eLandscape for a Good Woman \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDust \u003c\/i\u003ewill find much to enjoy in \u003ci\u003ePoetry for historians\u003c\/i\u003e. The book will be useful in historiography and historical-methods classes at undergraduate and postgraduate level and for sociologists teaching 'literature in society'. At the same time, it will appeal to anyone interested in W. H. Auden, the history of education, the social history of twentieth-century Britain and the social uses of poetry and other literature. Steedman has always had in mind those readers, academic and otherwise, who 'don't see the point of poetry'. She hopes to make them laugh in order to see its point, historically and in other ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the long, convoluted relationship between poets and historians, poetry and history. Sometimes antagonistic, sometimes harmonious, this relationship has always been a kind of love story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing the poetry of W. H. Auden as a lens, Carolyn Steedman examines developments in academic, public and popular history. In doing so, she provides a new 'history of History', encompassing history writing, historical thinking and history-in-society. Her ultimate aim is to shed light on the poetics of the very idea of 'history' itself, to challenge the philosophical assumptions that separate one field from the other and to reflect on the choices available, in different times and places, for 'telling what had been'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders of Steedman's influential Landscape for a Good Woman and Dust will find much to enjoy in Poetry for historians. The book will be useful in historiography and historical-methods classes at undergraduate and postgraduate level and for sociologists teaching 'literature in society'. At the same time, it will appeal to anyone interested in W. H. Auden, the history of education, the social history of twentieth-century Britain and the social uses of poetry and other literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteedman has always had in mind those readers, academic and otherwise, who 'don't see the point of poetry'. She hopes to make them laugh in order to see its point, historically and in other ways.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarolyn Steedman is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Warwick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51803413741856,"sku":"9781526125231","price":78.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0deb08c25c47627dab8c79aa81bc5314.webp?v=1780881602","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poetry-for-historians-or-w-h-auden-and-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}