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  Metahistory: Historical Imagination in Nineteenth Century Europe (Paperback) By (author) Hayden V. White

  

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  Short Description for Metahistory 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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  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 01 December 1975
  • Format: Paperback 464 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Theory | Historiography | European History | Philosophy
  • ISBN 13: 9780801817618 ISBN 10: 0801817617
  • Sales rank: 114,216

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Full description for Metahistory

• 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.