{"product_id":"versions-of-history-from-antiquity-donald-r-kelley-9780300047769","title":"Versions of History from Antiquity to the Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003eThe 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald R. Kelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300047762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300047769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.08w x 1.22d","brand":"Donald R. Kelley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981538459903,"sku":"9780300047769","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9de4ae2d-b90a-497a-a404-3c9330ab6680.jpg?v=1683256164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/versions-of-history-from-antiquity-donald-r-kelley-9780300047769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}