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See moreAn exquisite appreciation of the distinctive rewards of historical research and a classic guide to the personal yet disciplined craft of discovery, now in its first English translation.
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An exquisite appreciation of the distinctive rewards of historical research and a classic guide to the personal yet disciplined craft of discovery, now in its first English translation.
Arlette Farge’s Le Goût de l’archive is widely regarded as a historiographical classic. While combing through two-hundred-year-old judicial records from the Archives of the Bastille, historian Farge was struck by the extraordinarily intimate portrayal they provided of the lives of the poor in pre-Revolutionary France, especially women. She was seduced by the sensuality of old manuscripts and by the revelatory power of voices otherwise lost. In The Allure of the Archives, she conveys the exhilaration of uncovering hidden secrets and the thrill of venturing into new dimensions of the past.
Originally published in 1989, Farge’s classic work communicates the tactile, interpretive, and emotional experience of archival research while sharing astonishing details about life under the Old Regime in France. At once a practical guide to research methodology and an elegant literary reflection on the challenges of writing history, this uniquely rich volume demonstrates how surrendering to the archive’s allure can forever change how we understand the past.
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The Allure of the Archives by Arlette Farge offers an eloquent exploration of the archival experience, highlighting the materiality and emotional impact of archives. Praised for its profound insight into the historian's craft, the book is seen as essential reading for those interested in historical narrative creation. The translation has been commended for capturing the essence of Farge's prose, making it a significant contribution to understanding the historian's journey into the past.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780300198935
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 24 February 2015
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Thomas Scott-Railton
- Foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis
- Foreword by Natalie Zemon Davis
Audience: Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 159g
Pages: 152
About the Author
Arlette Farge is Director of Research in Modern History at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Natalie Zemon Davis is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Thomas Scott-Railton is the translator of several books, including works by Étienne Balibar, Michel Foucault, and Slavoj Zizek.
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