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Questions about how and why we read the past continue to demand the attention of cultural critics. Reading the Past introduces key debates about history, historiography, and historicism which have transformed approaches to the past in departments of History and Literature. It includes influential and provocative theoretical essays as well as lively case studies and readings by literary critics and historians. The emphasis is on providing teachers and students with accessible yet challenging material to stimulate debate.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Emperor Kennedy Legend: A New Anthropological Debate; L. Kolakowski
The Watercress Seller; C. Steedman
From Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison; M. Foucault
Workers Revolt: The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Severin; R. Darnton
Eruptions of Funk: Historicizing Toni Morrison; S. Willis
At the Table of the Great: More's Self-Fashioning and Self-Cancellation; S. Greenblatt
Facing History, or the Anxiety of Reading. Holbein's 'The Ambassadors' According to Greenblatt and Lyotard; J. Pieters
Reading Cultural History; C. Belsey
Theses on the Philosophy of History; W. Benjamin
Camus' The Plague, or a Monument to Witnessing?; S. Felman
Why Bother with the Past? Engaging with Some Issues Raised by the 'End of History as we Have Known it'; K. Jenkins
from The Writing of History; M. de Certeau
Summaries and Notes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index.
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Emperor Kennedy Legend: A New Anthropological Debate; L. Kolakowski
The Watercress Seller; C. Steedman
From Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison; M. Foucault
Workers Revolt: The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Severin; R. Darnton
Eruptions of Funk: Historicizing Toni Morrison; S. Willis
At the Table of the Great: More's Self-Fashioning and Self-Cancellation; S. Greenblatt
Facing History, or the Anxiety of Reading. Holbein's 'The Ambassadors' According to Greenblatt and Lyotard; J. Pieters
Reading Cultural History; C. Belsey
Theses on the Philosophy of History; W. Benjamin
Camus' The Plague, or a Monument to Witnessing?; S. Felman
Why Bother with the Past? Engaging with Some Issues Raised by the 'End of History as we Have Known it'; K. Jenkins
from The Writing of History; M. de Certeau
Summaries and Notes
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index.
Product details
| Published | Sep 11 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 200 |
| ISBN | 9780333771211 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Readers in Cultural Criticism |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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