Metahistory : The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Johns Hopkins University Press

Explore the intricate relationship between history and literature with Hayden White's seminal work, Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe. This insightful book delves into how historical narratives are constructed and the imaginative processes behind them. Perfect for students, historians, and anyone interested in historiography and literary theory. Discover the intellectual currents that shaped historical writing and understanding in 19th-century Europe. Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe by Hayden White offers a profound analysis of historical writing. It examines the rhetorical and poetic devices used by historians, revealing that historical accounts are not merely objective records but are shaped by literary imagination. White argues that the way history is told influences how it is understood, and that historians are, in essence, storytellers. Keywords: Metahistory, Hayden White, Historical Imagination, Nineteenth-Century Europe, Historiography, Literary Theory, Intellectual History, Paperback Book, Non-fiction.