1st Edition

The History and Narrative Reader

Edited By Geoffrey Roberts Copyright 2001
464 Pages
by Routledge

464 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing together seminal texts from philosophers and historians, including Hayden White, David Carr and Frederick Olafson, this volume presents the great debate over the narrative character of history from the 1960s onwards. The History and Narrative Reader combines theory with practice to offer a unique overview of this debate and illuminates the practical implications of these philosophical... Read more
Part 1: Narrative and Historical Understanding  Part 2: Narrative and Human Action  Part 3: Narrative and Historical Realism  Part 4: Narrative History and the Linguistic Turn  Part 5: Narrative and Structure  Part 6: Narrative and the Practice of History

Biography

Geoffrey Roberts