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.
- ISBN10 0801817617
- ISBN13 9780801817618
- Publish Date 1 August 1975 (first published 1 November 1973)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 28 November 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 464
- Language English