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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 18: Prescott and Motley (search)
. Fortunately he never lost the powers of enjoyment or of active occupation as death came very suddenly in 1859. Prescott has been called a great amateur in the historical field, and in one sense, the term applies. Born only a year after Leopold Ranke, Prescott missed the influence spread abroad, eventually far beyond German university circles, by the great German scholar. The very vocabulary now used had not come into being. Prescott made his own standards. Nor did he have the incident of cause and effect. What the witnesses whom he summons testify, he narrates better than they can tell, but he fails to weigh their personality and trustworthiness with sufficient accuracy. The how is good, the why defective. He is far behind Ranke in his comprehension of the beginnings of the revolt. Then the Dutch historian proceeded to write one of the most valuable articles that ever came from his pen, Het voorspel van den tachtigjarigen oorlog. Herein he carefully reviewed the ground
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
alm of the West, the, 338 Puck, 386 Punch, 158 Putnam's monthly, 247, 371, 372, 373 Pyle, Howard, 408 Q. C. Philander Doesticks, P. B. See Thompson, Mortimer Quarles, 3 Queechy, 398 Queen's twin, the, 383 Quincy, Edmund, 192 Quincy, Josiah, 89, 90 Rabelais Club, 229 Raleigh, 124 Rambler, 367 Ramona, 383 Ramsay, Dr., David, 104, 105, 106 Randall, James Ryder, 291, 295-296, 298, 300, 30, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 311 Randolph, John 71, 85-86, 87 Ranke, Leopold, 130, 139 Rappaccini's daughter, 24 Raven, the, 59, 65, 66, 67 Raven and other poems, the, 59 Raymond, Henry J., 189, 192, 193-195 Raynal, Abbe, 201 n. Read, Thomas Buchanan, 279, 282, 285, 286 Read, W. H., 365 Reade, Charles, 371 Realf, Richard, 286 Rebel Rhymes and rhapsodies, 298 Red old Hills of Georgia, the, 290 Reaper and the flowers, the, 35 Records of a School, 20 Reed, Joseph, 118 Reeve, Judge, Tapping, 215 Regency, The, 83 Register (Albany)