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David Womersley (Official Fellow and Tutor in English Literature, Jesus College, Oxford)
Womersley’s subject is Gibbon’s conflict with his critics, in particular the spokesmen for religious orthodoxy. By considering the interactions between the historian and his readership, he illuminates Gibbon’s experience of…
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