Bahti shows how narrative or interpretive language produces historical meaning--and how this meaning is reached at the expense not only of the historical "facts" but also of the purported intent of the narrative itself.
Language
English
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Release
May 01, 1992
ISBN
0801843421
ISBN 13
9780801843426
Allegories of History: Literary Historiography After Hegel
Bahti shows how narrative or interpretive language produces historical meaning--and how this meaning is reached at the expense not only of the historical "facts" but also of the purported intent of the narrative itself.