Dec 04, 2014 since its initial publication in 1973, hayden whites metahistory has remained an essential book for understanding the nature of historical writing. The value of narrativity in the representation of reality hayden white to raise the question of the nature of narrative is to invite reflection on the very nature of culture and, possibly, even on the nature of humanity itself. Hayden whites most popular book is lotte in weimar. This article tries to place hayden white s metahistory between two trends.
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So natural is the impulse to narrate, so inevitable is the form of. Reviews 193 whatin effect metahistory isattempting todoistocreate a methodology for history suchasnorthropfryeprovided for literarycriticism in the anatomy of criticism namely,to categorize and classify the typesand conventions of particularliteraryforms. For an analysis of white s earlier work in comparison to metahistory and subsequent publications, see hans kellner, language andhistoricalrepresentation. Click download or read online button to get hayden white s metahistory book now. This disambiguation page lists articles associated. Hayden white is recognized as one of the great humanist minds of our time, defining the key questions of 20th and 21stcentury philosophy of history and. The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe is a work of historiography by hayden white first published in 1973.
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Metahistory concept, the history of history writing, a part of the discipline of historiography. The reflexive test of hayden whites metahistory request pdf. Hayden white and the aesthetics of historiography pdf. Hayden white is recognized as one of the great humanist minds of our time, defining the key questions of 20th and 21stcentury philosophy of history and the ethical import of narrative discourse. This article tries to place hayden whites metahistory between two trends. Pdf this article tries to place hayden whites metahistory between two. Hayden white s metahistory download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl.
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The historical profession in the media agea comment on arthur marwick and hayden white, journal of contemporary history 31, no. Request pdf on feb 1, 2014, adrian wilson and others published the reflexive test of hayden whites metahistory find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. This paper assesses hayden whites metahistory through the test of reflexivity. Essays in cultural criticism, the content of the form. In a 1998 paper, she refers to whites metahistory as a cult. Since its initial publication in 1973, hayden whites metahistory has remained an essential book for. Hayden white born 1928 is professor emeritus at the university of california, santa cruz, having recently retired from the position of professor of comparative literature at stanford university. Background to metahistory is long essay on the antecedents of metahistory, going back to founding of rome in 747 bce, an event in which mythical and history converge, and coming forward to the modern definition of metahistory proposed by the academic hayden white. The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe 1973.
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