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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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- 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
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Philosophical Topics, 19th century, History of Europe, Literary Criticism, Cultural History, Scientific Theories, 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.