Historicity in an age of reality-fictions / Nancy F. Partner -- Turning linguistic : history and theory and History and theory, 1960-1975 / Richard T. Vann -- The decline and fall of the analytical philosophy of history / Arthur C. Danto -- Intimate images : subjectivity and history--Staël, Michelet and Tocqueville / Linda Orr -- Theory of a practice : historical enunciation and the Annales school / Philippe Carrard -- Relevance, revision and the fear of long books / Ann Rigney -- "Grand narrative" and the discipline of history / Allan Megill -- A point of view on viewpoints in historical practice / Robert F. Berkhofer -- History as competence and performance : notes on the ironic museum / Stephen Bann -- Statements, texts and pictures / Frank Ankersmit -- Bibliographic essay / Frank Ankersmit.
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From Thucydides to Toynbee, historians and non-historians alike have wondered how to answer the question, "What is history?". The essays in this book reflect on developments over the last two decades in historical writing, not least the renewed interest in the status of narrative itself.