Figural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect

by Hayden White

Book Overview

Originally published in 1998. In his earlier books such as Tropics of Discourse and The Content of the Form, Hayden White focused on the conventions of historical writing and on the ordering of historical consciousness. In Figural Realism, White collects eight interrelated essays primarily concerned with the treatment of history in recent literary critical discourse. "'History' is not only an object we can study," writes White,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801865247
• ISBN13: 9780801865244
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher