| Title | Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1975 |
| Authors | White, Hayden |
| Number of Pages | 468 |
| Publisher | JHU Press |
| ISBN Number | 978-0-8018-1761-8 |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Short Title | Metahistory |