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Re-Figuring Hayden White
Frank Ankersmit (Ed.)
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Description for Re-Figuring Hayden White
Hardback. 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, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
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
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Cultural Memory in the Present
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804760034
SKU
V9780804760034
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About Frank Ankersmit (Ed.)
Frank Ankersmit is Professor of Intellectual History and Historical Theory at Groningen University. Ewa Domańska 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