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Origines Celticae (A Fragment) and Other Contributions to the History of Britain. In two volumes. Volume 2.
This book traces the transformation of history from a Romantic literary pursuit into a modern academic discipline during the second half of the nineteenth century, and shows how this change inspired Victorians to reconsider what it meant to be a historian. This reconceptualization of the ‘historian’ lies at the heart of this book as it explores how historians strove to forge themselves a collective scholarly persona that reflected and legitimised their new disciplinary status and gave them authority to speak on behalf of the past. The author argues that historians used the persona as a replacement for missing institutional structures, and converted book parts to a sphere where they could mould and perform their persona. By ascribing agency to titles, footnotes, running heads, typography, cover design, size, and other paratexts, the book makes an important shift in the way we perceive the formation of modern disciplines. By combining the persona and paratexts, it offers a novel approach to themes that have enjoyed great interest in the history of science. It examines, for example, the role which epistemic and moral virtues held in the Victorian society and scholarly culture, the social organization and hierarchies of scholarly communities, the management of scholarly reputations, the commercialization of knowledge, and the relationship between the persona and the underpinning social, political, economic, and cultural structures and hierarchies. Making a significant contribution to persona studies, it provides new insights for scholars interested in the history of humanities, science, and knowledge; book history; and Victorian culture.

I. Origines celticæ. II. Historical papers. Pudens and Claudia. The early English settlements in south Britain. The 'Belgic ditches' and the probable date of Stonehenge. The four Roman ways. The Welsh and English boundaries after A.D. 577. The northern termination of Offa's dyke. The English conquest of the Severn Valley. Letter on Fethanleag and Uriconium. The fall of Uriconium. Letter on Uriconium. The invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar. Appendix on Julius Caesar's invasion. The campaign of Aulus Plautius in Britain, A.D. 43

Edwin Guest

Published: 1883

Total Pages: 570


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