{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-narrative-essays-on-history-literature-and-theory-1998-2007-9781501764738","title":"The Ethics of Narrative: Essays on History, Literature, and Theory, 1998-2007","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHayden White is widely considered to be the most influential historical theorist of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e brings together nearly all of White's uncollected essays from the last two decades of his life, revealing a lesser-known side of White: that of the public intellectual. From modern patriotism and European identity to Hannah Arendt's writings on totalitarianism, from the idea of the historical museum and the theme of melancholy in art history to trenchant readings of Leo Tolstoy and Primo Levi, the first volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e shows White at his most engaging, topical, and capacious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpertly introduced by editor Robert Doran, who lucidly explains the major themes, sources, and frames of reference of White's thought, this volume features five previously unpublished lectures, as well as more complete versions of several published essays, thereby giving the reader unique access to White's late thought. In addition to historical theorists and intellectual historians, \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to students and scholars across the humanities in such fields as literary and cultural studies, art history and visual studies, and media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHayden White (1928-2018) was Professor Emeritus of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His books include \u003ci\u003eMetahistory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tropics of Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Content of the Form\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFigural Realism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Practical Past\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Doran is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Rochester, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Theory of the Sublime from Longinus to Kant\u003c\/i\u003e, and the editor of Hayden White's \u003ci\u003eThe Fiction of Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudith Butler is the Maxine Elliot Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383191245074,"sku":"9781501764738","price":159.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4771e6f5-28a0-4bec-ba70-6faecc476f82.jpg?v=1728780586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ethics-of-narrative-essays-on-history-literature-and-theory-1998-2007-9781501764738","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}