| Mamluk Historiography Revisited - Narratological Perspectives Aufl. Edition Contributor(s): Conermann, Stephan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3847107224 ISBN-13: 9783847107224 Publisher: V&R Unipress OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Series: Mamluk Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 239 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume discusses Mamluk historical texts with an emphasis on literary/stylistic analysis, basically ignoring issues of 'factuality' versus 'fictivity'. None of the authors set out to write 'fiction'; nor would their audience have received their accounts as such. The events depicted were a matter of historical record; but their meaning was geared both to contemporary and to general concerns. The fact of telling them is part and parcel of the historian's task; the means of telling them has to do with the historian's choice of style; and style is all-important in conveying meaning. Were these accounts not considered 'true', the purpose behind their telling and the meaning they convey, would, arguably, be lost; but were they not told in the most effective manner, their meaning might not be clearly grasped. |
