Nineteenth-Century Present
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eschatology
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Historicity
nineteenth-century literature
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Victorian
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- ISBN 9781526172365
- Weight: 495g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 29 Jul 2025
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The nineteenth-century present explores the multiple ways in which history was understood, structured, and reassessed in literary, theological, and political contexts across the nineteenth century. While the scope of the book is wide, ranging from the representations of geological time and ancient history to the writing of the recent past, and covering the work of writers from Walter Scott to G.K. Chesterton, each chapter reveals how present concerns intrude on and shape every view of history. Ultimately, the collection emphasises that issues raised regarding historicity in recent methodological debates were already concerns in the nineteenth century.
Elizabeth Ludlow is Associate Professor of Literature and Religion at Anglia Ruskin University
Koenraad Claes is a Tutor and Bye-Fellow at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge
