tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post3347014098714538670..comments2024-03-28T02:46:03.227-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Bad Company and Good ProseRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-23491637898389228992010-12-28T22:09:44.747-05:002010-12-28T22:09:44.747-05:00The first "big" history like this I was ...The first "big" history like this I was exposed to was Braudel's "Mediterranean World." I fell in love. I'd never read anything like it.Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-66773974618689338512010-12-28T20:27:30.676-05:002010-12-28T20:27:30.676-05:00I just ordered an old hardcover copy of Paxson'...I just ordered an old hardcover copy of Paxson's History of the American Frontier, because I liked the settings. I'd like to think it's possible to do this, and then zoom in to the close shot of characters.dan allossohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10733670017382794923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-25845683658748271762010-12-28T17:54:38.126-05:002010-12-28T17:54:38.126-05:00Ha! Good point.
Perhaps it's time to reconsid...Ha! Good point.<br /><br />Perhaps it's time to reconsider footnotes inside of footnotes as one step closer to infinite regression.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-31239306782907138462010-12-28T17:19:19.702-05:002010-12-28T17:19:19.702-05:00Maybe we don't write this way because such lov...Maybe we don't write this way because such lovely descriptions are hard to footnote. :)Lisa Clark Dillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155783885263417225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-8189064839839955252010-12-28T14:13:04.161-05:002010-12-28T14:13:04.161-05:00Heather: I've recently been reading a lot of m...Heather: I've recently been reading a lot of mid-century literary historian, American Studies precursor Van Wyck Brooks (pronounced like "bike"). I think he's a masterful stylist. And talk about birds-eye view. . . He has an uncanny ability to set a scene and paint a picture of intellectual life in 19th century America. I don't think he's read much any more, but he should be, for his prose alone.<br /><br />See the The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865.<br /><br />You might be right about how style has changed. But I think it may be that historians today are cautious of writing in a sweeping fashion.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.com