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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2007 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-45.1.45
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
F i g u r e s a n d O t h e r F i c t i o n s in t h e A r c h i v e W i l l i a m N . w e s t y title pays hom age to Natalie Zem on Davis's Fiction in the Archives.'1 B rillia n tly engaging in its ow n rig h t—th e book argued th a t early m odern court records could not be s im p ly un de rsto od as records o f events, b u t had pa raliterary and generic qualities th a t shaped h o w the y to ld stories —its title also provided a catchphrase fo r th e m ost recent o f the lin g u istic tu rns made w ith in th e disciplin e o f history. A m o n g other th in g s, it made e xp licit the a n xie ty w ith in the cultu re o f academia th a t w h a t the archive con tains m ay be fictio n
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2007