William Hickling Prescott : : A Biography / / C. Harvey Gardiner.
This biography of a distinguished historian and man of letters is the first study of William Hickling Prescott (1796–1859) to be written by a historian who has worked with the very themes explored by Prescott. And it is the first to treat him not only as creative historian but also as family man, as...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1969 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I Mr. and Mrs. Prescott request the honour
- II Your description of men and places is very entertaining
- III By the time I am 30, (God willing) I propose
- IV Down the stream of Italian narrative poetry we have wandered
- V Finally for the hundredth time I confirm my preference and choice
- VI Twenty noctographs I can read for and
- VII Mr. Prescott's work is one of the most successful
- VIII My journal is paved, like some other places
- IX Y con mis ojos oygo hablar los muertos
- X I have lost the greatest stimulus, and
- XI The triumph of moral power over the physical
- XII . . . the most brilliant visit ever made to England
- XIII The evening of life is coming
- Manuscript Collections Cited
- Index