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 Metahistory Information
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 Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe is a historiography book by Hayden White first published in 1974. In Metahistory, White rejects the notion that historians or journalists are able to write about the past or present as... 
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 Antiquity
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Maurice Mandelbaum
7,603 words, approx. 25 pages
 In the following essay, Mandelbaum examines the thesis of Metahistory and finds flaws in White's failure to differentiate between the work of historians and philosophers of history, as well as his misconception of historical data, reductive application of linguistic tropes, and acceptance of relativism.
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Critical Review by Stephen Bann
1,831 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following excerpt, Bann discusses the lasting significance of Metahistory and offers a positive assessment of The Content of the Form.
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Critical Review by Stanley Pierson
1,379 words, approx. 5 pages
In the following review, Pierson praises Metahistory as “a bold and imaginative book” and outlines the book’s key points of contention that will likely be debated by scholars.
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