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<p><i>Clarendon and the Rhetoric of Historical Form</i> is the first major evaluation from a literary point of view of the writings of Edward Hyde, the first Earl of Clarendon and the most important English historiographer of the seventeenth century.<br><br>As an early reformer in the Long Parliament, as an adviser to Charles I and Charles II, as the major architect of the Restoration on the Royalist side, and as Lord Chancellor of England from 1660 to 1667, Clarendon played a crucial role in determining the course of English history during and after the tumultuous years of the civil wars. As a historian and a literary stylist, he produced the <i>History of the Rebellion</i>, generally regarded as the greatest historical work written in England during the seventeenth century.<br><br>Martine Watson Brownley evaluates Clarendon's literary abilities and achievements, focusing on his prose style, narrative form, and thematic structure on biographical influences on his writing; and on his literary background and associations. She also places Clarendon in the context of the development of English literary historiography during the seventeenth century.<br><br>Various political and literar

Author

Martine Watson Brownley

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812279887