Between History and Literature by Lionel Gossman - 1990-02-08

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Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0674068157 . Slight bow to boards else fine. Faint shelfwear to DJ. ; In our world of sophisticated literary theory and cliometrics, the gap between literature and history, between literary scholars and historians, has at times seemed to be widening. Drawing on essays written over the course of a distinguished teaching career, Lionel Gossman illuminates the many facets of the problematic relationship between history and literature and shows how each discipline both challenges and undermines the other's absolutist pretensions. In his first chapters Gossman underlines the historicity of the very category of literature and explores the political and social implications of the notions we have of it. Literature emerges as something whose meaning and content are not as self-evident as we think; instead, what is designated by the term literature is defined by a larger cultural structure that is… Read More

Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0674068157 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in an alike dust-jacket; This book is a unique blend of history and literature. It traces the intertwined histories of both disciplines and how they have evolved over time. The author discusses how literature has helped to shape historical understanding and vice versa. By examining a wide range of examples, he makes a strong case for the importance of literature in historical research.; 8vo; 412 pages .

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