Threads and Traces - True False Fictive (Paperback)

Carlo GinzburgOCOs brilliant and timely new essay collection takes a bold stand against naive positivism and allegedly sophisticated neo-skepticism. It looks deeply into questions raised by decades of post-structuralism: What constitutes historical truth? How do we draw a boundary between truth and fiction? What is the relationship between history and memory? How do we grapple with the historical conventions that inform, in different ways, all written documents? In his answers, Ginzburg peels away layers of subsequent readings and interpretations that envelop every text to make a larger argument about history and fiction. Interwoven with compelling autobiographical references, "Threads and Traces" bears moving witness to GinzburgOCOs life as a European Jew, the abiding strength of his scholarship, and his deep engagement with the historianOCOs craft.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2012
First published:	2011
Authors:	Carlo Ginzburg
Translators:	Anne C. Tedeschi
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-27448-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography
LSN:	0-520-27448-2
Barcode:	9780520274488

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