Format:
1 online resource (366 pages)
ISBN:
9781800730472
Series Statement:
Making Sense of History 40
Content:
"For all of the recent debates over the methods and theoretical underpinnings of the historical profession, scholars and laypeople alike still frequently think of history in terms of storytelling. Accordingly, historians and theorists have devoted much attention to how historical narratives work, illuminating the ways they can bind together events, shape an argument and lend support to ideology. From ancient Greece to modern-day bestsellers, the studies gathered here offer a wide-ranging analysis of the textual strategies used by historians. They show how in spite of the pursuit of truth and objectivity, the ways in which historians tell their stories are inevitably conditioned by their discursive contexts"--
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781800730465
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Analysing historical narratives (Veranstaltung : 2016 : Bochum) Analysing historical narratives New York : Berghahn Books, 2021 ISBN 9781800730465
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Geschichtsschreibung
;
Erzähltechnik
;
Erzählung
;
Kollektives Gedächtnis
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Brauch, Nicola 1969-
Author information:
Berger, Stefan 1964-
Author information:
Lorenz, Chris 1950-
