LEADER 04685nam 22006735 450 001 996248185103316 005 20221108024726.0 010 $a0-691-65570-7 010 $a0-691-19812-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780691198125 035 $a(CKB)3400000000085010 035 $a(dli)HEB05717 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000714076 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12348818 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000714076 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10664356 035 $a(PQKB)11284723 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5710027 035 $a(OCoLC)1086484390 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse74294 035 $a(DE-B1597)528204 035 $a(OCoLC)1088334489 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780691198125 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000011600008 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000085010 100 $a20190620d2019 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Open Boundary of History and Fiction $eA Critical Approach to the French Enlightenment /$fSuzanne Gearhart 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 300 p. ) 225 0 $aPrinceton Legacy Library ;$v5455 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-691-65712-2 311 0 $a0-691-06608-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: The Open Boundary Of History/Fiction --$tChapter One. (Voltaire) Establishing Rationality In The Historical Text: Foucault And The Problem Of Unreason --$tChapter Two. (Voltaire) The Question Of Genre: White, Genette, And The Limits Of Formalism --$tChapter Three. (Montesquieu) The Cultural Boundaries Of History: Levi-Strauss, Structuralism, And The Paradoxical Situation Of The Outsider --$tChapter Four. (Montesquieu) Idealism And History: Althusser And The Critique Of Origins --$tChapter Five. (Conmlac, Diderot) The Limits And Conditions Of Empirical Knowledge Or The Theaters Of Perception --$tChapter Six. (Diderot) The Boundaries Of Narrative: Determinism And Narrative Theory --$tChapter Seven. (Rousseau) The Theatricality Of Nature And History: De Man, Derrida, And The Historicity Of Language --$tConclusion: History/Fiction And Contemporary Theory --$tIndex 330 $aChallenging the view that a critical sense of history is missing from the Enlightenment, Suzanne Gearhart links the works of Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, and Rosseau with the inquiry into the boundary between literature and history in contemporary critical discourse. She considers the theories of Levi-Strauss, Foucault, Althusser, Genette, White, de Man, and Derrida in order to develop a critical approach to fiction and history and to reveal that investigations into the foundations of historical knowledge, and specifically into what distinguishes history from fiction, were central to the Enlightenment. This book questions many assumptions basic to contemporary criticism by establishing a dialogue between major theorists and Enlightenment figures. It challenges certitudes of fiction and literature by examining the historicity of language, form, and literature itself, redefining history to show its crucial relevance to literary studies and opening historiography to the insights of literary theory. Suzanne Gearhart is Associate Professor of Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. 410 0$aPrinceton legacy library. 606 $aEnlightenment$zFrance 606 $aHistoriography 606 $aFrench literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 607 $aFrance$xIntellectual life$y18th century 615 0$aEnlightenment 615 0$aHistoriography. 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a840/.9005 700 $aGearhart$b Suzanne$0615712 712 02$aAmerican Council of Learned Societies. 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248185103316 996 $aThe Open Boundary of History and Fiction$92315291 997 $aUNISA