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Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment Paperback – August 28, 1991

by Donald R. Kelley (Editor)

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The problems, purposes, and methods of history writing have been the subject of debate for almost three millennia. Should history be political or philosophical? Is the writing of history an art or a science? What are the limitations of history? This book is an intriguing collection of views on these and other aspects of history writing by eminent Western historians from early Greece to the end of the eighteenth century.

The book contains major texts from 112 historians, both well-known and neglected, ranging from the “mythistories” of Homer and Hesiod to the “reasoned” and “philosophical” accounts of Vico and Voltaire. These texts discuss, for example, theories of historical change, problems of anachronism, narrative, and gender, questions of origins, causation, and historical patterns, and historical criticism. Donald R. Kelley, who selected and arranged the writings, also provides essays and commentary that give background material on the themes of historiography and on the authors included in the book

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528 pages
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English
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Yale University Press
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August 28, 1991
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9.14 x 6.08 x 1.22 inches
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0300047762
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978-0300047769
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; First Printing edition (August 28, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300047762
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300047769
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.06 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.14 x 6.08 x 1.22 inches

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History and Historians

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For history lovers or someone seeking short bios on early historians.

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2018

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Categorizing types of history

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2018

The author gathers excerpts of western historical writings to illustrate the " traditions of Western historical enquiry, and reconstructing...aims, and methods of "history,"...." (p xii) The purpose is "to document some of the central and recurring issues ...of history; methodological, epistemological, literary, hermeneutical and ideological." The arrangement is mainly chronological, Illiad of Homer (9th century B.C.) to the European Enlightenment (for example, Edward Gibbon 1737-1794).

In plain language the author looks at the writings of 112 historians (from the obscure to the famous) and categorizes the writings in time period first and then the type of history. For example, chapter 7 is the Reformation time period and the types of history are "Tradition Restored", "Confessional History" and "National History" and under these types of history are the excerpts. The author does a superb job of introducing each section explaining why a certain type of history came into being. This book is obviously not meant to be read cover to cover, but taken as your interest develops into a commitment. Suitable for senior or graduate level history major.

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A book full of abstracts.

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2000

I am currently using this book as a textbook for my history class. This is a book not intended for one to learn more about history or historians, but it is more aimed to give you a feel on what kind of material historians wrote. Kelley tends to shy away from giving detail about historians and focuses on their writings instead. He provides very little information about historians (about a paragraph), but he shares very intersting samples of that historian. It is a excellent book for studying historians' writings and it helps one find a historian that you might want to choose for further research. Instead of looking at 100 different books trying to look at different patterns in historical writings, one can just read this book. Kelley did a great job in researching and writing this book and reacing his intentions. The only fall back, and it is a huge one, is that he does not give enough information on each historian. Unless you have studied these historians in the past, you will not gather a lot of background on them from this book, but you will find a great example of thier works.

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