History and Drama: The Pan-European Tradition

Book Overview

Aristotle's neat compartmentalization notwithstanding (Poetics, ch. 9), historians and playwrights have both been laying claim to representations of the past - arguably since Antiquity, but certainly since the Renaissance. At a time when narratology challenges historiographers to differentiate their "emplotments" (White) from literary inventions, this thirteen-essay collection takes a fresh look at the production of historico-political knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110736446
• ISBN13: 9783110736441
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary