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Is history fiction? /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curthoys, Ann
Otros Autores: Docker, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Herodotus and world history; 2. Thucydides; 3. Leopold von Ranke and Sir Walter Scott; 4. History, Science and Art; 5. Has history any meaning?; 6. History in the light of catastrophe; 7. The linguistic turn; 8. The feminist challenge; 9. Postmodernism and post structuralism; 10. Anti-Postmodernism and the holocaust; 11. History wars; 12. Is a history of humanity possible?; Notes; index.