Re-Figuring Hayden White
Published on 24. June 2009
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-0-8047-6003-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 specific historical events.
Reviews / Votes
"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 ChichesterMore details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Cloth
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-6003-4 (9780804760034)
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Persons
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.