The historical imagination in nineteenth-century Britain and the Low Countries / / edited by Hugh Dunthorne and Michael Wintle.

• TeilnehmendeR: Dunthorne, Hugh.; Wintle, Michael J.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: National Cultivation of Culture 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands and the Historical Imagination in the Nineteenth Century: An Introduction /; 1. From Waterloo Field to Bruges-la-Morte. Historical Imagination in the Nineteenth Century /; 2. A Very English Affair? Defining the Borders of Empire in Nineteenth-Century British Historiography /; 3. Who is the Nation and What Does It Do? The Discursive Construction of the Nation in Belgian and Dutch National Histories of the Romantic Period /; 4. The Colonies in Dutch National Museums for Art and History (1800–1885) /; 5. ‘Retro-Fitting the Past’: Literary Historicism between the Golden Spurs and Waterloo /; 6. The Victorians, the Dark Ages and English National Identity /; 7. ‘A True Conception of History’: ‘Making the Past Part of the Present’ in Late Victorian Historical Romances /; 8. Picturing Patriotism: The Image of the Artist-Hero and the Belgian Nation State, 1830–1900 /; 9. A Few Painters, A Few Heroes and Many Factory Workers: In Search of the Historical Culture of Belgian Immigrants in Northern France, 1850–1914 /; 10. ‘Retracing the History of our Country’: National History Painting and Engraving in Britain and the Low Countries in the Nineteenth Century /; General Bibliography --; Fifty Years of Anglo-Dutch Historical Conferences and Britain and the Netherlands Published Volumes, 1959–2012 --; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283854406; 9004241868
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Hugh Dunthorne and Michael Wintle.

The nineteenth century laid the foundations of history as a professional discipline but also popularized and romanticized the subject. National histories were written and state museums founded, while collective memories were created in fiction and drama, art and architecture and through the growth of tourism and the emergence of a heritage industry. The authors of this collection compare Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium, unearthing the ways in which history was conceived and then utilized. They conclude that although nationalistic historicism ruled in all genres, the interaction of the nineteenth century with its imagined past was far richer and more complex, both across national borders and within them. Contributors include: Niek van Sas, Andrew Mycock, Marnix Beyen, Ellinoor Bergvelt, Joep Leerssen, Joanne Parker, Anna Vaninskaya, Jenny Graham, Tom Verschaffel, Saartje Vanden Borre, Hugh Dunthorne and Michael Wintle.