Synopses & Reviews
Maurice Cowling's first two books appeared in 1963, when he also became a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Thirty years later this volume brings together a group of pupils, admirers and critics who have contributed essays dealing with facets of what Cowling calls "public doctrine" in modern British history, together with critical assessments of his writing. The book aims to be as unsycophantic, rebarbative and diverting as its dedicatee, while offering something genuinely worthwhile to all readers interested in recent historical and current intellectual tendencies in England.
Review
"Much is made at the outset of this volume about Cowling's loathing of Festschriften and the likelihood of his loathing this one especially. This collection of essays, however, by seriously engaging broad issues relating to Christian doctrine in public life and by their worrying of ideas (another Petrean tradition) rather than seeking elegance of expression, embodies attributes that the honoree, if only in the fastness of his rooms, should find satisfying." John D. Fair, Albion
Synopsis
A volume of historical and critical essays dedicated to the controversial Cambridge historian Maurice Cowling.
Synopsis
This volume brings together a group of pupils, admirers and critics who have contributed essays dealing with facets of what Maurice Cowling calls 'public doctrine' in modern British history, together with critical assessments of his writing. The book aims to be as unsycophantic, rebarbative and diverting as its dedicatee.
Synopsis
Essays by a group of pupils, admirers and critics of the Cambridge historian Maurice Cowling.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-353) and index.