About the book
Hayden White probes the notion of authority in art and literature and examines the problems of meaning—its production, distribution, and consumption—in different historical epochs. In the end, he suggests, the only meaning that history can have is the kind that a narrative imagination gives to it. The secret of the process by which consciousness invests history with meaning resides in \"the content of the form,\" in the way our narrative capacities transform the present into a fulfillment of a past from which we would wish to have descended.
Editions of The Content of the Form
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780801829376
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780801841156
- EBook
- ISBN 9780801896149
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Hayden White probes the notion of authority in art and literature and examines the problems of meaning—its production, distribution, and consumption—in different historical epochs. In the end, he suggests, the only meaning that history can have is the kind that a narrative imagination gives to it. The secret of the process by which consciousness invests history with meaning resides in \"the content of the form,\" in the way our narrative capacities transform the present into a fulfillment of a past from which we would wish to have descended.
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What is The Content of the Form about?
Hayden White probes the notion of authority in art and literature and examines the problems of meaning—its production, distribution, and consumption—in different historical epochs. In the end, he suggests, the only meaning that history can have is the kind that a narrative imagination gives to it. The secret of the process by which consciousness invests history with meaning resides in \"the content of the form,\" in the way our narrative capacities transform the present into a fulfillment of a past from which we would wish to have descended.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Content of the Form?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Literature: history and criticism > Literary theory
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How long is The Content of the Form and how many pages does it have?
The Content of the Form has 264 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Content of the Form?
Hayden White
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Content of the Form is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780801829376) and paperback(ISBN 9780801841156) and ebook(ISBN 9780801896149)
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