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List of illustrations Preface and acknowledgements Introduction 1. The historian as taxidermist: Ranke, Barante, Waterton 2. A cycle in historical discourse: Barante, Thierry, Michelet 3. Image and letter in the rediscovery of the past: Daguarre, Charles Alfred Stothard, Landseer, Delaroche 4. Poetics of the museum: Lenoir and Du Sommerard 5. The historical composition of place: Byron and Scott 6. Defences against irony: Barham, Ruskin, Fox Talbot 7. Anti-history and the ante-hero: Thackeray, Reade, Browning, James Postscript Notes Index.
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