5 Responses to “Who writes history?”

1. George, on August 6th, 2010 at 3:28 pm Said:

   Now how can anyone argue with that? You should have said it’s always written by the winners!

2. davidw, on August 6th, 2010 at 3:51 pm Said:

   George, I was assuming everyone has heard the line you suggest. I was trying to suggest something different: Even if it’s written by the losers, it still gets wrangled into a story.

   And, yes, everyone knows that, too. But I thought some might enjoy an aphoristic version of it.

3. Peter Van Dijck, on August 7th, 2010 at 9:02 am Said:

   And the writers are paid by the winners :)

4. Joan K, on August 7th, 2010 at 6:11 pm Said:

   History is what is written in history books. That’s what my high school history teacher told us. (and he was a Harvard valedictorian)

5. Evelyn Walsh, on October 10th, 2010 at 8:55 pm Said:

   Thinking about how this applies to literature as well as history– overlapping fields, of course– and I’m convinced that adversity results in great writing. Look at the Irish, the Latin Americans, etc etc etc.

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