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In White's view, beyond the surface level of the historical text, there is a deep structural, or latent, content that is generally poetic and specifically linguistic in nature. This deeper content - the metahistorical element - indicates what an appropriate historical explanation should be.
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Metahistory, Hayden White
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- Title
- Metahistory
- Subtitle
- The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hayden White
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0801817617
- ISBN13
- 9780801817618
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Philosophical Topics, Literary Studies, Philosophy, 19th century, History of Europe, Literary Criticism, Scientific Theories, Cultural History, Narration, Literary History, Historiography, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of History, Narrativity
- First published
- 1973
- Original title
- Metahistory
- Rating
- 4.1 out of 5
- Description
- In White's view, beyond the surface level of the historical text, there is a deep structural, or latent, content that is generally poetic and specifically linguistic in nature. This deeper content - the metahistorical element - indicates what an appropriate historical explanation should be.