Talk:History of Historical Writing/Introduction

this needs some prolegomena that explain the categories of intentions, the categories of literary forms, and some of the historiographical methods that can be employed, always making sure that not too much of the WikiPedia is replicated. --rck 14:23, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

this also needs some discussion of how we will actually reconstruct the individual authors, that is, looking at the work along the dimensions of their narrative tradition; the socio-political context of their time; the intellectual discourses in which they participated; and the "logical" development within their own work --rck 21:01, 23 July 2005 (UTC)