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>  That being said, I really like the thesis that films represent the
structure
>  of feeling of the era in which they are produced far more than the era in
>  which they are set (this seems particularly true of westerns).

From: Rodney Wallis <[email protected]>

>  That being said, I really like the thesis that films represent the
structure
>  of feeling of the era in which they are produced far more than the era in
>  which they are set (this seems particularly true of westerns).

I wholeheartedly agree with your last point. In addition to the Western, I
would say that the Biblical/historical epic is another form that primarily
functions as a commentary on the period in which it is produced.
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From: Henry M. Taylor <[email protected]>

I haven't really followed this thread, but if I may make a suggestion
regarding the historiography as art/science question: volume 1 of Paul
Ricoeur's Time and Narrative specifically deals with this issue and why
historiography is neither science nor just just another literary genre, as
Hayden White would have it.

Henry
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