{"product_id":"ends-of-history-paperback-softback","title":"Ends of History - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy were the Victorians so passionate about \"History\"?How did this passion relate to another Victorian obsession – the \"woman question\"? In a brilliant and provocative study, Christina Crosby investigates the links between the Victorians’ fascination with \"history\" and with the nature of \"women.\"Discussing both key novels and non-literary texts – Daniel Derondaand Hegel’s Philosophy of History; Henry Esmondand Macaulay’s History of England; Little Dorrit, Wilkie Collins’ The Frozen Deep, and Mayhew’s survey of \"labour and the poor\"; Villette, Patrick Fairburn’s The Typology of Scriptureand Ruskin’s Modern Painters– she argues that the construction of middle-class Victorian \"man\" as the universal subject of history entailed the identification of \"women\" as those who are before, beyond, above, or below history. Crosby’s analysis raises a crucial question for today’s feminists – how can one read historically without replicating the problem of nineteenth century \"history\"?The book was first published in 1991.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576118898926,"sku":"9781138008038","price":74.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138008038.jpg?v=1704436228","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/ends-of-history-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}