Comments on: History as Narrative

By: Springfield, IL: Part V – The Abraham Lincoln Presidential (Library and) Museum « Bull Runnings

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:13:44 +0000

[...] the problems I have with narrative history and its limitations, because I already talked about them here. So let's accept the validity of a narrative format and go from there. It's obvious who the [...]

By: The Blog Lebowski « Bull Runnings

The Blog Lebowski « Bull Runnings — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:33:10 +0000

[...] history requires an interpretive framework that is the product of the author’s analysis (see here). But do we want to constrain ourselves with the narrative format when we don’t have [...]

By: J A Barnes

J A Barnes — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:39:11 +0000

I have been experimenting with these very issues to write a novel that fuses actual and fictional letters, journals, news reports, memoirs, official reports, and slave narratives to tell a story about Sherman’s March. My blog site http://shermans5th.blogspot.com/ will serialize the novel beginning Nov. 8, 2007, presenting daily reports from real and imagined participants in the event. Please visit the site and comment on this different approach to fiction.

By: Good Blogs with Good Stuff « Bull Runnings

Good Blogs with Good Stuff « Bull Runnings — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:07:14 +0000

[...] of Draw the Sword weighed in on my post on History as Narrative. She has some interesting thoughts on the subject which are worth a [...]

By: understanding history : Draw the Sword and Throw Away the Scabbard

understanding history : Draw the Sword and Throw Away the Scabbard — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:02:11 +0000

[...] of whether history should be presented in narrative format is popular right now and Harry has a good post today about that topic. In the post Harry asks whether “web projects, perhaps, [can] be something [...]