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History Made, History Imagined: Contemporary Literature, Poiesis, and the Past

David W. Price

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Description:In this provocative and original study, David Price investigates history as a form of poiesis-the act of making in language-and suggests that certain novels can provide the best means of engaging in historical interpretation. Contending that the fundamental act of narration itself, including the narration of history, expresses a system of values, Price explores the work of seven contemporary novelists who share a commitment to reexamining history as idea and a refusal to accept history as given. Within a theoretical framework based on Friedrich Nietzsche and Giambattista Vico, Price investigates how these writers-Carlos Fuentes, Susan Daitch, Salman Rushdie, Michel Tournier, Ishmael Reed, Graham Swift, and Mario Vargas Llosa-create a discursive space between history and literature, a space within which history can be questioned and the making of history explored. Through their novels, these writers replace the univocal expression of history as a description of what really happenedwith a polyvocality of competing discourses, languages, and points of view. forgotten possibilities, the construction of counter memory and cultural critique, and history as myth-has far-reaching implications for how we read and question the narratives we understand as history. By treating the past as a dynamic flow of values, rather than a fixed collection of facts, History Made, History Imagined fosters a deeper understanding not only of literature and philosophy but also of history and our relationship to it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History Made, History Imagined: Contemporary Literature, Poiesis, and the Past. To get started finding History Made, History Imagined: Contemporary Literature, Poiesis, and the Past, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 352

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Release: 1999

ISBN: 0252067762

Description: In this provocative and original study, David Price investigates history as a form of poiesis-the act of making in language-and suggests that certain novels can provide the best means of engaging in historical interpretation. Contending that the fundamental act of narration itself, including the narration of history, expresses a system of values, Price explores the work of seven contemporary novelists who share a commitment to reexamining history as idea and a refusal to accept history as given. Within a theoretical framework based on Friedrich Nietzsche and Giambattista Vico, Price investigates how these writers-Carlos Fuentes, Susan Daitch, Salman Rushdie, Michel Tournier, Ishmael Reed, Graham Swift, and Mario Vargas Llosa-create a discursive space between history and literature, a space within which history can be questioned and the making of history explored. Through their novels, these writers replace the univocal expression of history as a description of what really happenedwith a polyvocality of competing discourses, languages, and points of view. forgotten possibilities, the construction of counter memory and cultural critique, and history as myth-has far-reaching implications for how we read and question the narratives we understand as history. By treating the past as a dynamic flow of values, rather than a fixed collection of facts, History Made, History Imagined fosters a deeper understanding not only of literature and philosophy but also of history and our relationship to it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with History Made, History Imagined: Contemporary Literature, Poiesis, and the Past. To get started finding History Made, History Imagined: Contemporary Literature, Poiesis, and the Past, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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