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History as a Kind of Writing: Textual Strategies in Contemporary French Historiography
Philippe Carrard
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In academia, the traditional role of the humanities is being questioned by the posts postmodernism, poststructuralism, and postfeminism which means that the project of writing history only grows more complex. In History as a Kind of Writing, scholar of French literature and culture Philippe Carrard speaks to this complexity by focusing the lens on the current state of French historiography. Carrard's work here is expansive examining the conventions historians draw on to produce their texts and casting light on views put forward by literary theorists, theorists of history, and historians themselves. Ranging from discussions of lengthy dissertations on ... Read more
In academia, the traditional role of the humanities is being questioned by the posts postmodernism, poststructuralism, and postfeminism which means that the project of writing history only grows more complex. In History as a Kind of Writing, scholar of French literature and culture Philippe Carrard speaks to this complexity by focusing the lens on the current state of French historiography. Carrard's work here is expansive examining the conventions historians draw on to produce their texts and casting light on views put forward by literary theorists, theorists of history, and historians themselves. Ranging from discussions of lengthy dissertations on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226427966
SKU
V9780226427966
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About Philippe Carrard
Philippe Carrard is a visiting scholar in the Comparative Literature Program at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Poetics of the New History: French Historical Discourse from Braudel to Chartier and The French Who Fought for Hitler: Memories from the Outcasts. He lives in New Hampshire and Switzerland.
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