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1、ThePastandPresentSocietyTheRevivalofNarrative:ReflectionsonaNewOldHistoryAuthor(s):LawrenceStoneSource:Past&Present,No.85(Nov.,1979),pp.3-24Publishedby:OxfordUniversityPressonbehalfofThePastandPresentSocietyStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/650677.Accessed:25/06/201301:46YouruseoftheJSTORar
2、chiveindicatesyouracceptanceoftheTerms&ConditionsofUse,availableat.http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.JSTORisanot-for-profitservicethathelpsscholars,researchers,andstudentsdiscover,use,andbuilduponawiderangeofcontentinatrusteddigitalarchive.Weuseinformationtechnologyandtool
3、stoincreaseproductivityandfacilitatenewformsofscholarship.FormoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org..OxfordUniversityPressandThePastandPresentSocietyarecollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoPast&Present.http://www.jstor.orgThiscontentdownloadedfrom162.105.1
4、22.184onTue,25Jun201301:46:24AMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsPastandPresenthaslongbeenconsciousoftheneedtoinitiatediscus-sionofgeneralpointsofhistoricalinquiry,theoryandmethod.Wehavenowdecidedtotrytopublishatfairlyregularintervalsshortpiecesofsuchanature,openingupnewapproachesandstimula
5、tingdebate.Wearepleasedtopublishthefirstofthese,byProfessorLawrenceStone.THEREVIVALOFNARRATIVE:REFLECTIONSONANEWOLDHISTORY*IHISTORIANSHAVEALWAYSTOLDSTORIES.FROMTHUCYDIDESANDTacitustoGibbonandMacaulaythecompositionofnarrativeinlivelyandelegantprosewasalwaysaccountedtheirhighestambition.Historywa
6、sregardedasabranchofrhetoric.Forthelastfiftyyears,however,thisstory-tellingfunctionhasfallenintoillreputeamongthosewhohaveregardedthemselvesasinthevanguardoftheprofes-sion,thepractitionersoftheso-called"newhistory"ofthepost-Second-World-Warera.1InFrancestory-tellingwasdismissedas"l'histoireeven
7、ementielle".Now,however,Idetectevidenceofanundercurrentwhichissuckingmanyprominent"newhistorians"backagainintosomeformofnarrative.Beforeembarkinguponanexaminationoftheevidenceforsuchashiftanduponsomespeculationsaboutwhatmayhavecau
