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Hayden White borrows the title for The Practical Past from philosopher Michael Oakeshott, who used the term to describe the accessible material and literary-artistic artifacts that individuals and institutions draw on for guidance in quotidian affairs. The Practical Past, then, forms both a summa of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Hayden V., 1928-2018 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Literature - General.
Languages & Literatures.
Literature, Modern.
Literature and history.
History, Modern > Historiography.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Litterature et histoire.
Histoire > 20e siecle > Historiographie.
Literature, Modern > History and criticism.
History, Modern > 20th century > Historiography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The practical past
  • Truth and circumstance : what (if anything) can properly be said about the Holocaust?
  • The historical event
  • Contextualism and historical understanding
  • Historical discourse and literary theory.

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