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Re-Figuring Hayden White
Frank Ankersmit (Ed.)
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Description for Re-Figuring Hayden White
Paperback. Re-Figuring Hayden White is a reconsideration of the work of Hayden White by a group of internationally prominent scholars from the fields of history, philosophy, rhetoric, and cultural studies. Editor(s): Ankersmit, Frank; Domanska, Ewa; Kellner, Hans. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 400 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Produced in honor of White's eightieth birthday, Re-Figuring Hayden White testifies to the lasting importance of White's innovative work, which firmly reintegrates historical studies with literature and the humanities. The book is a major reconsideration of the historian's contributions and influence by an international group of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. Individual essays address the key concepts of White's intellectual career, including tropes, narrative, figuralism, and the historical sublime while exploring the place of White's work in the philosophy of history, postmodernism, and ethics. They also discuss his role as historian and teacher and apply his ideas to ... Read more
Produced in honor of White's eightieth birthday, Re-Figuring Hayden White testifies to the lasting importance of White's innovative work, which firmly reintegrates historical studies with literature and the humanities. The book is a major reconsideration of the historian's contributions and influence by an international group of leading scholars from a variety of disciplines. Individual essays address the key concepts of White's intellectual career, including tropes, narrative, figuralism, and the historical sublime while exploring the place of White's work in the philosophy of history, postmodernism, and ethics. They also discuss his role as historian and teacher and apply his ideas to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Cultural Memory in the Present
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804762755
SKU
V9780804762755
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About Frank Ankersmit (Ed.)
Frank Ankersmit is Professor of Intellectual History and Historical Theory at Groningen University. Ewa Domanska is Associate Professor of Theory and History of Historiography at Adam Mickiewicz University and Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Stanford University. Hans Kellner is Professor of English at North Carolina State University.
Reviews for Re-Figuring Hayden White
This book constitutes a fresh and welcome understanding of the work of Hayden White, the foremost history theorist of the last forty years. Anyone interested in developments in historical thinking and practice must read this book.
Alun Munslow University of Chichester
Alun Munslow University of Chichester