{"product_id":"fiction-of-narrative-essays-on-history-literature-and-theory-1957-2007-paperback","title":"Fiction of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1957-2007 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHayden White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Doran\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHayden White is celebrated as one of the great minds in the humanities. Since the publication of his groundbreaking monograph, \u003ci\u003eMetahistory\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1973, White's work has been crucial to disciplines where narrative is of primary concern, including history, literary studies, anthropology, philosophy, art history, and film and media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume, deftly introduced by Robert Doran, gathers in one place White's important--and often hard-to-find--essays exploring his revolutionary theories of historical writing and narrative. These texts find White at his most essayistic, engaging a wide range of topics and thinkers with characteristic insight and elegance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fiction of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e traces the arc and evolution of White's field-defining thought and will become standard reading for students and scholars of historiography, the theory of history, and literary studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHayden White\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of comparative literature at Stanford University and a professor emeritus of the history of consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His books include \u003ci\u003eMetahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTropics of Discourse: Essays in Cultural Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFigural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Johns Hopkins.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Doran\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Rochester and editor of a collection of essays by René Girard, \u003ci\u003eMimesis and Theory: Essays on Literature and Criticism, 1953-2005\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51818002252064,"sku":"9780801894800","price":61.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3b56cfdfcc5df1d6079d52349dc1c6a1.webp?v=1781114411","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fiction-of-narrative-essays-on-history-literature-and-theory-1957-2007-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}