White american historian, critic, essayist, and editor. Hayden white study guide hayden white\the historical. For an analysis of white s earlier work in comparison to metahistory and subsequent publications, see hans kellner, language andhistoricalrepresentation. Kop boken metahistory av hayden white isbn 9781421415604 hos adlibris.
Hayden white, the historical text as literary artifact white applies theories of fiction to historical writing ie historiography. Hayden white is renown for publishing two books that has changed the discipline of history forever. White, metahistory, 37f it tends to engender belief in the madness of civilization itself and to inspire a mandarinlike disdain for those seeking to grasp the nature of social reality in either science or. For an analysis of whites earlier work in comparison to metahistory and subsequent publications, see hans kellner, language andhistoricalrepresentation. Hayden white s metahistory download ebook pdf, epub. During the depression he moved with his family to detroit in search of work, where his father became a union organizer in the automotive world. The historical imagination in 19thcentury europe 1973, this has a significant influence on the range of meanings that can be given to a set of basic facts. Historical accounts purport to be verbal models, or icons, of.
Formulating historical analysis as a literary analysis, white separates the methods that historians use into two general. Contrary to the common notion, modernism or the avantgarde didnt make its entrance by breaking with the past. White thus invites a reading of his work as philosophy, and this volume presents the opportunity for accepting it as such. Please contact a member of library staff for further information. The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe fortieth anniversary by white, hayden isbn.
Hayden white was born in martin, tennessee in 1928. While crediting the modernists and existentialists with a revolutionary rejection of history, he ignores the shape this rejection took in the work of the futurists, an extreme case of. In 1973, historian hayden white published metahistory. This latent poetic and linguistic contentwhich white dubs the metahistorical elementessentially serves as a paradigm for. Hayden whites 1973 metahistory tossed the entire concept of historical science. In whites 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. Metahistory concept, the history of history writing, a part of the discipline of historiography.
His essay raises questions about the disciplinary boundaries between history and literature fact. This element is, i believe, inexpungeable from discourse in the human hayden white, metahistory. Metahistory gaia and gnosis, deeper ecology, planetary. Hayden white, the burden of history, history and theory 5 1966. Walsh, introduction to the philosophy of history london, 1961, ch. The book urged historians to grapple with whether and how their writing creates rather than reflects reality. Since its initial publication in 1973, hayden whites metahistory has remained an essential book for understanding the nature of historical writing.
Hayden white, the historical text as literary artifact. Hayden white july 12, 1928 march 5, 2018 was an american historian and historiographer quotes. Hayden white is a historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work metahistory. Humanity is a species endangered by its beliefs, and most of all, its religious illusion of superiority.
The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe, 1973 book by hayden white. He was professor emeritus at the university of california, santa cruz, and held position of professor of comparative literature at stanford university. In this edition, page numbers are just like the physical edition. In sum,thissuggests that white, like croce,regards history asan art. On the second page of his introduction white stated. Hayden white, author of the magisterial metahistory, has.
Hayden whites 1973 metahistory tossed the entire concept of historical science out the window, claiming that historians are. 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. 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. The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe is a work of historiography by hayden white first published in 1973. The presuppositions of metahistory maurice mandelbaum in the introductory chapter of his metahistory, hayden white explicitly sets forth the main presuppositions underlying that work. In this classic work, white argues that a deep structural content lies beyond the surface level of historical texts. On speculative philosophy of history, see dray, phi losophy of history, pp. Narrative discourse and historical representation, and figural realism. Hayden white, author of the magisterial metahistory, has died 1928 2018 historians in the news tags. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Nov 01, 1973 hayden white was a historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work metahistory. He is the author of a number of books published by johns hopkins, including tropics of discourse. My thanks to herman paul and eugen zelenak for providing helpful comments on an earlier draft of this essay. This article tries to place hayden white s metahistory between two trends.
White does not deny the existence of history but invites us to. In this classic work, white argues that a deep structural content lies. If one were to examine these presuppositions in the light of his other writings, one might uncover his reasons for accepting them. Here we see whites highly selective method at work. Historians are concerned with events which can be assigned to specific timespace locations, events which are or were in principle observable or perceivable, whereas imaginative writers poets, novelists, playwrights are concerned with both these kinds of events and imagined.
To go beyond history is not solely a human prerogative, for the path. The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe is a. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Hayden whites most famous piece of work is metahistory. The first is the trend towards studying the rhetoric of history. White is particularly interested in the problematic posed by the fact that history is a form of narrative, a feature it shares with fiction, and as he shows in metahistory. This latent poetic and linguistic content which white dubs the metahistorical. His key fourfold was that of literary emplotments due to northrop frye. The historical imagination in nineteenth century europe.
Oct 23, 2009 metahistory by hayden white history as literature seems to be the idea behind this book, or at least thats the overall meaning that ive managed to glean from the preface, introduction, and first chapter of hayden whites metahistory. 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. From chronicle to story the series of events as recorded in chronicle or annal is shaped into something with a beginning, a middle and an end. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Myth in metahistory is on long essay on the nature of myth, the eight categories.
Metahistory by hayden white history as literature seems to be the idea behind this book, or at least thats the overall meaning that ive managed to glean from the preface, introduction, and first chapter of hayden whites metahistory. Essays in cultural criticism, the grecoroman tradition, and metahistory. White then goes on to defend his use, in metahistory 1973. It is mostly remembered for the extensive set of theory found in the introduction covering how the historian uses certain techniques to give their work meaning. Hayden whites metahistory in 1973, historian hayden white published metahistory.
Pdf abstract hayden whites metahistory is best known for its theory of tropes. Timothy findley and the burdens of metahistory springerlink. Essays in cultural criticism, the content of the form. The following entry presents an overview of white s career through 2000. 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. Hayden white, the absurdist moment in contemporary literary theory, contemporary literature 27 summer 1976, 378. This article tries to place hayden whites metahistory between two trends.
It is mostly remembered for the extensive set of theory found in the introduction covering how the historian uses. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hayden white, professor in the program in the history of conscious ness at the university of california, santa cruz, is the author of the tropics of discourse. Hayden white was a historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work metahistory. For an analysis of white s earlier work in comparison to metahistory and subsequent publications, see hans kellner, language and historicalrepresentation. In his essay, entitled revisiting history in hayden whites philosophy. The value of narrativity in the representation of reality. Hayden white is professor emeritus of the histories of consciousness at the university of california, santa cruz.
This element is, i believe, inexpungeable from discourse in the human. The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe. My own analysis of the deep structure of the historical imagination of nineteenth century europe is intended to provide a new perspective on the current. See the oxford dictionary of english etymology, ed.
Hayden white modernism and the sense of history 3 this statement stands in vivid contrast to the view of clement greenberg, the virtual inventor of american modernism, who held that. She argues that white became a symbol of freedom of thought and of a. My own analysis of the deep structure of the historical imagination of nineteenth century europe is intended to provide a new perspective on the current debate over the nature and function of historical. Hayden white study guide hayden white\the historical text. This deeper content the metahistorical element indicates what an appropriate historical explanation should be. Hayden white for absolute beginners university of oxford. The historical imagination in nineteenthcentury europe baltimore, 1973.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated. This urban scene of workers struggles to organize in the face of. Hayden white s 1973 metahistory tossed the entire concept of historical science out the window, claiming that historians are fundamentally artists who imbue historical action with aesthetic and ethical purpose. It also celebrated the ethics and art of historywriting and. Hayden white, the historical text as literary artifact page numbers from the norton anthology of theory and criticism according to white, what is the purpose of metahistory.
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