Past and Present: The Challenges of Modernity, from the Pre-Victorians to the Postmodernists by Gertrude Himmelfarb

Past and Present: The Challenges of Modernity, from the Pre-Victorians to the Postmodernists

Encounter Classics

Gertrude Himmelfarb

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nonfiction essays history philosophy
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"The past is never dead. It's not even past," wrote William Faulkner. In Past and Present, an eminent American historian and cultural critic shows the truth of that statement. The common theme of the twenty essays gathered here is the intriguing, ...

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