Of Michelet et Macaulay

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Michelet, Jules. (1798-1874) Author of the massive Historie de France. The
greatest French historian of the Romantic tradition, exhibited a powerful
and emotional prose style. A historian of revolutions. Best introduction to
Michelet remains Edmund Wilson's classic, To Finland Station, cited by
Pynchon as an influential work in Slow Learner.

Macaulay, Thomas. (1800-1859). Author of the massive History of England.
The greatest English historian in the Romantic tradition, powerful and
biased prose style. An unrepentant Whig and supporter of the Protestant
revolutionaries. The over-reaction against Macaulay's "style" disrupted
many of the historiagraphies of the early 20th Century. An understanding of
Macaulay is vital to a full appreciation of many of the epistemological
games going on in V.

The obscure Chavenet I'll leave to the more tutored exposition of Jean Benier.

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