Analysing Historical Narratives: On Academic, Popular and Educational Framings of the Past

From ancient Greece to modern-day bestsellers, the studies gathered in Analysing Historical Narratives offer a wide-ranging look at the techniques used by historical texts, showing how in spite of the pursuit of objectivity, narrative strategies inevitably derive from historians’ contemporary concerns.

For all of the recent debates over the methods and theoretical underpinnings of the historical profession, scholars and laypeople alike still frequently think of history in terms of storytelling. Accordingly, historians and theorists have devoted much attention to how historical narratives work, illuminating the ways they can bind together events, shape an argument and lend support to ideology. From ancient Greece to modern-day bestsellers, the studies gathered here offer a wide-ranging analysis of the textual strategies used by historians. They show how in spite of the pursuit of truth and objectivity, the ways in which historians tell their stories are inevitably conditioned by their discursive contexts.

• | Author: Chris Lorenz, Stefan Berger, Nicola Brauch
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Dec 01, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781805397380
• | ISBN-10: 1805397389