White Hayden V. The Greco-Roman Tradition

Harper and Row, 1973. — 200 p.Hayden White was a historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1973). He was professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and held position of professor of comparative literature at Stanford University. Hayden V. White has made contributions to the philosophy of history and literary theory. Most scholars agree that White's most important work is Metahistory. The book grew out of its author's interest in the reasons why people study—and write—history. Author described and studied the historical, political and cultural evolution of Ancient Greece and Rome.