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Jane Kamensky, “Novelties: A Historian’s Field Notes from Fiction” (2011)
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
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Part I. Practice: Examples of Artful History
- Jonathan Spence, from The Death of Woman Wang (1978) 3
- Robert Rosenstone, from Mirror in the Shrine (1988) 16
- Simon Schama, from Dead Certainties (1991) 28
- Stella Tillyard, from Aristocrats (1994) 38
- Saidiya Hartman, “Lose Your Mother” (2007) 41
- Wendy Warren, “ ‘The Cause of Her Grief’: The Rape of a Slave in Early New England” (2007) 56
- Stephen Berry, “The Historian as Death Investigator” (2011) 84
- Paul A. Kramer, “The Importance of Being Turbaned” (2011) 96
- Craig Harline, from Conversions (2011) 110
- Amy Reading, “Benjamin Franklin’s Disciples” (2012) 123
- Jill Lepore, “All About Erections” (2012) 140
- Jonathan Holloway, from Jim Crow Wisdom (2013) 166
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Part II. Theory: Making the Case for Artful History
- James Goodman, “For the Love of Stories” (1998) 189
- Louis P. Masur, “What It Will Take to Turn Historians into Writers” (2001) 213
- Aaron Sachs, “Letters to a Tenured Historian: History as Creative Nonfi ction—or Maybe Even Poetry” (2010) 218
- Jane Kamensky, “Novelties: A Historian’s Field Notes from Fiction” (2011) 256
- John Demos, “History in the Head, History from the Heart: A Personal Minifesto” (2016) 270
- Contributors 281
- Credits 283
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction xi
-
Part I. Practice: Examples of Artful History
- Jonathan Spence, from The Death of Woman Wang (1978) 3
- Robert Rosenstone, from Mirror in the Shrine (1988) 16
- Simon Schama, from Dead Certainties (1991) 28
- Stella Tillyard, from Aristocrats (1994) 38
- Saidiya Hartman, “Lose Your Mother” (2007) 41
- Wendy Warren, “ ‘The Cause of Her Grief’: The Rape of a Slave in Early New England” (2007) 56
- Stephen Berry, “The Historian as Death Investigator” (2011) 84
- Paul A. Kramer, “The Importance of Being Turbaned” (2011) 96
- Craig Harline, from Conversions (2011) 110
- Amy Reading, “Benjamin Franklin’s Disciples” (2012) 123
- Jill Lepore, “All About Erections” (2012) 140
- Jonathan Holloway, from Jim Crow Wisdom (2013) 166
-
Part II. Theory: Making the Case for Artful History
- James Goodman, “For the Love of Stories” (1998) 189
- Louis P. Masur, “What It Will Take to Turn Historians into Writers” (2001) 213
- Aaron Sachs, “Letters to a Tenured Historian: History as Creative Nonfi ction—or Maybe Even Poetry” (2010) 218
- Jane Kamensky, “Novelties: A Historian’s Field Notes from Fiction” (2011) 256
- John Demos, “History in the Head, History from the Heart: A Personal Minifesto” (2016) 270
- Contributors 281
- Credits 283