Past of Possibilities - A History of What Could Have Been

What if history, as we know it, had run another course? Probing the genres of literature and history that is fascinated with hypotheticals surrounding key points in history, A Past of Possibilities reaches beyond a mere reimagining of history, exploring the limits and potentials of alternate histories.

About the author

Quentin Deluermoz is professor of history at the University of Paris. Pierre Singaravélou is professor of history at King's College London and at the University Panthéon-Sorbonne. Stephen W. Sawyer is professor of history at the American University of Paris.

Summary

An exploration of hypothetical turning points in history from Ancient Greece to September 11

Product details

• Authors: Quentin Deluermoz, Quentin Singaravelou Deluermoz, Stephen W. Sawyer, Pierre Singaravelou, Singaravelou Pierre
• Assisted by: Stephen W. Sawyer (Translation), Sawyer Stephen W. (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780300227543
• ISBN: 978-0-300-22754-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Science Fiction, Fantasy, History, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Fantasy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, HISTORY / Historiography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Historiography, Social research & statistics, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Social research and statistics, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form