In the following review, Grosskurth offers a positive assessment of Metahistory, which she hails as a “deliberately provocative book.”
Professor Hayden White of Wesleyan University is...
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In the following review, Ermarth offers a positive assessment of Metahistory.
Metahistory is a daring, ingenious, and sometimes bewildering tour de force. White has produced a profoundly original &...
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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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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 ...
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In the following excerpt, Bann discusses the lasting significance of Metahistory and offers a positive assessment of The Content of the Form.
In publishing his compendious work Metahistory in 1973,...
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Critical Review by Phyllis Grosskurth
