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The Autonomy of History : Truth and Method from Erasmus to Gibbon
The Autonomy of History Truth and Method from Erasmus to Gibbon
Author: Joseph M. Levine
In these learned essays, Joseph M. Levine shows how the idea and method of modern history first began to develop during the Renaissance, when a clear distinction between history and fiction was first proposed. The new claims for history were met by a new skepticism in a debate that still echoes today. — Levine's first three essays discuss Thomas ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226475417
ISBN-10: 0226475417
Publication Date: 12/15/1999
Pages: 267
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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