Of Michelet et Macaulay

[Henry M]

Oh, yeah. That Macaulay. Of course! For a minute I thought Macaulay 
de Caulkin.

On 25 Feb 97 at 20:04, Steelhead wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Steely
> 
> 
> 

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