单词 | secret history |
释义 | > as lemmassecret history secret history n. a work consisting of secret, private, or previously unpublished episodes of history or biography. Often in the titles of such works. Cf. anecdote n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > other spec. defence1546 paradox1594 secret history1650 pentaglot1727 morceau1748 murdering piece1797 pièce de circonstance1830 national epic1841 scholarly edition1850 cantefable1903 chantefable1937 1650 T. Hawkins et al. tr. N. Caussin Holy Court (new ed.) v. 166/1 Behold here the springs of Belizarius his misery, which Procopius hath observed in his secret History. 1740 (title) The ass race: or the secret history of Archy Armstrong, fool to King Charles I. 1883 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 19 May (Suppl.) 1/3 She has read all the secret histories..and knows all the ins and outs of court life..for the last three hundred years. 1989 G. Marcus (title) Lipstick traces: a secret history of the twentieth century. 2006 R. Carnell Partisan Politics, Narr. Realism, & Rise of Brit. Novel 182 Eighteenth-century ‘secret histories’ provided a counter-narrative to official histories. < as lemmas |
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