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What Is a Classic in History? : The Making of a Historical Canon, Paperback / softback Book

What Is a Classic in History? : The Making of a Historical Canon Paperback / softback

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What is a classic in historical writing? How do we explain the continued interest in certain historical texts, even when their accounts and interpretations of particular periods have been displaced or revised by newer generations of historians?

How do these texts help to maintain the historiographical canon? Jaume Aurell's innovative study ranges from the heroic writings of ancient Greek historians such as Herodotus to the twentieth century microhistories of Carlo Ginzburg.

The book explores how certain texts have been able to stand the test of time, gain their status as historiographical classics, and capture the imaginations of readers across generations.

Investigating the processes of permanence and change in both historiography and history, Aurell further examines the creation of historical genres and canons.

Taking influence from methodologies including sociology, literary criticism, theology, and postcolonial studies, What Is a Classic in History? encourages readers to re-evaluate their ideas of history and historiography alike.

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