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- catalog abstract ""This is the story of one of the great literary rows of the nineteenth century, between one of its greatest historians and one of its sharpest critics. The quarrel began in the House of Commons during the debates of 1831-2 on parilamentary reform and was continued in the quarterly reviews. Even in a political setting, it had a historical dimension. Croker taunted Macaulay for being ignorant of the French Revolution. Macaulay replied by pouring scorn on Croker's accuracy as editor of Boswell's Johnson. The bitterness of the clash made subsequent compromise impossible. Eighteen years later, Croker wrote a long damning review of the first two volumes of Macaulay's History of England. Posterity admires success, and as Macaulay's writings have eclipsed Croker's it has usually been assumed that Croker was moved by mere political spite." "In this highly readable study, William Thomas shows that this verdict is unfair, that Croker's political opinions were both less rancorous and more interesting, and that Macaulay's own scholarship was far from faultless. He also considers each man's historical writing alongside his politics and argues that, while Croker's critical method was sharpened by his politics, Macaulay's political opinions were much more independent of party, and that he is not the typical Whig historian of legend. William Thomas illustrates how the two men actually had many ideas in common, and the commentators who have seen only political dislike have missed the real purpose of the History of England and what made it the most successful historical work in English literature."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11953060.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Historiography.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government 1830-1837.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In this highly readable study, William Thomas shows that this verdict is unfair, that Croker's political opinions were both less rancorous and more interesting, and that Macaulay's own scholarship was far from faultless. He also considers each man's historical writing alongside his politics and argues that, while Croker's critical method was sharpened by his politics, Macaulay's political opinions were much more independent of party, and that he is not the typical Whig historian of legend. William Thomas illustrates how the two men actually had many ideas in common, and the commentators who have seen only political dislike have missed the real purpose of the History of England and what made it the most successful historical work in English literature."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""This is the story of one of the great literary rows of the nineteenth century, between one of its greatest historians and one of its sharpest critics. The quarrel began in the House of Commons during the debates of 1831-2 on parilamentary reform and was continued in the quarterly reviews. Even in a political setting, it had a historical dimension. Croker taunted Macaulay for being ignorant of the French Revolution. Macaulay replied by pouring scorn on Croker's accuracy as editor of Boswell's Johnson. The bitterness of the clash made subsequent compromise impossible. Eighteen years later, Croker wrote a long damning review of the first two volumes of Macaulay's History of England.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-328) and index.".
- catalog description "Posterity admires success, and as Macaulay's writings have eclipsed Croker's it has usually been assumed that Croker was moved by mere political spite."".
- catalog extent "vi, 339 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Quarrel of Macaulay and Croker.".
- catalog identifier "0198208642".
- catalog isFormatOf "Quarrel of Macaulay and Croker.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Quarrel of Macaulay and Croker.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government 1830-1837.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "941.081/092 21".
- catalog subject "Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857 Political and social views.".
- catalog subject "DA3.M3 T47 2000".
- catalog subject "Historiography Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Literary quarrels Great Britain History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859 Political and social views.".
- catalog subject "Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. History of England from the accession of James the Second. Selections.".
- catalog subject "Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. History of England.".
- catalog title "The quarrel of Macaulay and Croker : politics and history in the age of reform / William Thomas.".
- catalog type "text".