Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century EuropeJHU Press, 1975 - 448 pagine 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. This deeper content - the metahistorical element - indicates what an appropriate historical explanation should be. |
Sommario
THE ENLIGHTENMENT | 43 |
The Poetics of History and | 81 |
PART TWO FOUR KINDS OF REALISM IN NINETEENTHCENTURY | 133 |
PART THREE THE REPUDIATION OF REALISM IN LATE NINETEENTH | 265 |
The Philosophical Defense of History in the Metonymical Mode | 281 |
The Poetic Defense of History in the Metaphorical Mode | 331 |
Parole e frasi comuni
actually aesthetic analysis appear apprehension artistic basis Birth of Tragedy bourgeoisie Burckhardt causal characterization Comedy Comic commodities comprehension conceived conception of history condition critical Croce culture Democracy in America drama emplotment essential eternal return existence explanation fact forces formal coherence forms of value Genealogy of Morals Hegel Herder historian historical consciousness historical field historical knowledge historical process historical thinking historical thought historiography human ibid idea ideal impulse individual Ironic Irony kind labor laws Liberal linguistic Marx Marx's Marxism means merely Metaphorical Metonymical Michelet mode moral narrative nation nature Nietzsche nineteenth century object Organicism Organicist past philosophy of history poetic poetry political possible present principle problem production proletariat Ranke realistic reality reflection relationship representation represented Revolution Romantic Satire Schopenhauer social society specific spirit story structure Synecdochic theory things tion Tocqueville Tragedy Tragic transformation tropological truth Vico vision whole