Hayden White

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essayist historian human literary theorist university teacher

Hayden White was an American historian and literary theorist best known for his work on the narrative and rhetorical structures of historical writing, especially in his influential book "Metahistory."

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary theorist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in history ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-07-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-03-05 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Michigan ⓘ
Wayne State University ⓘ
employer Stanford University ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: UCLA

University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ
University of Rochester ⓘ
Wesleyan University ⓘ
familyName White ⓘ
fieldOfWork historiography ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
narrative theory ⓘ
philosophy of history ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
givenName Hayden ⓘ
influenced cultural studies ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Giambattista Vico ⓘ
Rhetorical theory ⓘ
structuralism ⓘ
knownFor Metahistory ⓘ
analysis of tropes in historical writing ⓘ
theory of historical narrative as a form of literary emplotment ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement narrative turn in historiography ⓘ
postmodernism ⓘ
name Hayden White self-link ⓘ
notableWork Figural Realism: Studies in the Mimesis Effect ⓘ
Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe ⓘ
The Content of the Form: Narrative Discourse and Historical Representation ⓘ
The Practical Past ⓘ
Tropics of Discourse: Essays in Cultural Criticism ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
literary theorist ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Titusville, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States of America
placeOfDeath Santa Cruz, California ⓘ
surface form: Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
positionHeld Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University ⓘ
Professor of the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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