ABSTRACT

This short essay is an experiment in narrative history. It explores the convergence of narrative tense and commentary tense, the role of ‘history’ in Henry Fielding’s novels, the nature of empathy by historians towards past actors through their memoirs, some ideas of moral philosophy, some ideas about what history is, and a couple of other matters. The essay is followed by a brief explanation of the experiment.

中文翻译：

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重力和坟墓

抽象的

这是一篇关于叙事历史的实验。它探讨了叙事时态和评论时态的融合，亨利·菲尔丁小说中“历史”的作用，历史学家通过回忆录对过往演员的同情本质，一些道德哲学观念，一些关于历史的观念以及其他几件事。本文后面是对实验的简要说明。