Book Paperback:Tropics of Discourse:Essays in Cultural Criticism by:Hayden White

Tropics of Discourse:Essays in Cultural Criticism Hayden White Pages: 287 Publish date: March 1, 1986 ISBN: 9780801827419 Type: Paperback *May have some wear from reading. Pages are intact and may come with some notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged but may have spine creases from reading. Description: “Tropics of Discourse develops White's ideas on interpretation in history, on the relationship between history and the novel, and on history and historicism. Vico, Croce, Derrida, and Foucault are among the figures he assesses in this work, which also offers original interpretations of a number of literary themes, including the Wild Man and the Noble Savage. White's commentary ranges from a reappraisal of Enlightenment history to a reflective summary of the current state of literary criticism. From the Back Cover Tropics of Discourse develops White's ideas on interpretation in history, on the relationship between history and the novel, and on history and historicism. About the Author Hayden White is professor emeritus of the histories of consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of a number of books published by Johns Hopkins, including Tropics of Discourse: Essays in Cultural Criticism, The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation, and Figural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect.”