Title: Narrative and history /
Authors: Munslow, Alun, 1947-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Historiography.; Narration (Rhetoric)
Abstract: "Based on the assumption that reality, reference and representation work together, Narrative and History explains and illustrates the various ways in which historians write the past as history. For the fist time, the full range of leading narrative theorists such as Paul Ricoeur, Hayden White, Frank Ankersmit, Seymour Chatman and Gerard Genette have been brought together to explain the narrative-making choices all author-historians make when creating historical explanations." "Combining theory with practice, Alun Munslow expands the boundaries of the discipline and charts a new role for unconventional historical forms and modes of expression."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction -- Narrating the past -- History as content/story -- Narrating and narration -- History as expression -- The past, the facts and history -- Understanding [in] history -- The oar in water -- Conclusion.