| Description |
xii, 452 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: the history and narrative debate, 1960-2000 / Geoffrey Roberts -- Pt. 1. Narrative and historical understanding -- 1. On the Nature and Role of Narrative in History / W. H. Dray -- 2. Narrative and Historical Understanding / W. B. Gallie -- 3. A Note on History as Narrative / Maurice Mandelbaum -- 4. Mandelbaum on Historical Narrative: A Discussion / Richard G. Ely -- Pt. 2. Narrative and Human action -- 5. The Dialectic of Action / Frederick A. Olafson -- 6. The Structure of Narrative / M. C. Lemon -- 7. Geoffrey Elton: History and Human Action / Geoffrey Roberts -- 8. J. H. Hexter: Narrative History and Common Sense / Geoffrey Roberts -- Pt. 3. Narrative and historical realism -- 9. Narrative and the Real World: An Argument for Continuity / David Carr -- 10. Narrative and Historical Realism / W. H. Dray -- 11. Telling It Like It was: Historical Narratives on Their Own Terms / Andrew P. Norman -- 12. Getting the Story Straight: Narrative and Historical Knowledge / David Carr -- Pt. 4. Narrative history and the linguistic turn -- 13. Narrative Form as a Cognitive Instrument / Louis O. Mink -- 14. The Historical Text as Literary Artifact / Hayden White -- 15. Six Theses on Narrativist Philosophy of History / F. R. Ankersmit -- 16. Interpretation, History and Narrative / Noel Carroll -- Pt. 5. Narrative and structure -- 17. From Narrative History to Problem-Oriented History / Francois Furet -- 18. The Revival of Narrative: Reflections on a New Old History / Lawrence Stone -- 19. The Revival of Narrative: Some Comments / Eric Hobsbawm -- 20. History of Events and the Revival of Narrative / Peter Burke -- 21. The Revival of Narrative in Historical Sociology: What Rational Choice Theory Can Contribute / Edgar Kiser -- Pt. 6. Narrative and the practice of history -- 22. Where to Begin and How: Narrative Openings in Donald Creighton's Historiography / Kenneth C. Dewar -- 23. Narrativity, Narrative Identity, and Social Action: Rethinking English Working-Class Formation / Margaret R. Somers -- 24. Historical Emplotment and the Problem of Truth / Hayden White -- 25. International History, Theory and the Origins of World War II / Patrick Finney -- 26. A Place for Stories: Nature, History and Narrative / William Cronon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
History -- Philosophy.
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Historiography -- History.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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| Author |
Roberts, Geoffrey, 1952-
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| LC no. |
00069040 |
| ISBN |
0415232481 |
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041523249X paperback |
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