[White] is a master of critical and provocative thought . . .
Figural Realism . . . deserves to be read by historians in search of rejuvenating a sense of theoretical enlightenment.
—Johan W. N. Tempelhoff,
H-Ideas, H-Net Reviews[White] is a master of critical and provocative thought . . .
Figural Realism . . . deserves to be read by historians in search of rejuvenating a sense of theoretical enlightenment.
—Johan W. N. Tempelhoff,
H-Ideas, H-Net ReviewsA collection of essays by one who has arguably changed the course of historiography in the past twenty years. . . Any serious historian will need to engage the issues and answers that White raises.
—Fred W. Burnett,
Religious Studies Review[A] fascinating meditation on modernism or, more accurately, the effects of modernism. . . In this book, White confirms that he remains an active and important thinker.
—David W. Price,
Southern Humanities ReviewWhite lays out his arguments with a clarity and rigor that few can match.
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ChoiceHayden White . . . is the most prominent American scholar to unite historiography and literary criticism into a broader reflection on narrative and cultural understanding.
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The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and CriticismHayden White is professor emeritus of the history of consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His books include Metahistory, Tropics of Discourse, and The Content of the Form, all available from Johns Hopkins.