Style In HistoryBasic Books, 20. juni 1974 - 242 sider In this original and lucid guide to the proper reading of Gibbon, Ranke, Macaulay, and Burckhardt--great historians who were also great stylists--Peter Gay demonstrates that style is an invaluable clue to the historian's insight. |
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A Modern Cynic among Ancient | 19 |
The Dramatist | 59 |
The Scientist | 67 |
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