Is History Fiction?

Ann Curthoys, John Docker

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New South Wales Univ Pres
01 April 2010

History; General & world history

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The relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Can we ever know that a historical narrative is giving us a true account of what actually happened? Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in which history is

and might be

written. It traces History's doubleness and divided nature, beginning with its founding figures, Herodotus and Thucydides, right up to the key figures ofhistorical reflection, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Benedetto Croce, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Hayden White. The authors explore the challenges posed by postmodernism to history and the literary conventions of most historical writing. In this second edition they bring their history of history up to the present in their study of the History Wars and new approaches to world history and environmental history.

By: Ann Curthoys, John Docker
Imprint: New South Wales Univ Pres
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9781742231716
ISBN 10: 1742231713
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 01 April 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active