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The Postscript recaps the argument of the book, offering a brief defence of both its scope and its approach. It acknowledges that the range of figures discussed is a restricted one and that the book sticks closely to its cultural and chronological limits but argues that there are merits to the form of close literary analysis that this permits, which may not always be available in attempts to practise a ‘global’ form of intellectual history.
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The Postscript recaps the argument of the book, offering a brief defence of both its scope and its approach.
It acknowledges that the range of figures discussed is a restricted one and that the book sticks closely to its cultural and chronological limits but argues that there are merits to the form of close literary analysis that this permits, which may not always be available in attempts to practise a ‘global’ form of intellectual history.
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