"Everything must be entertained as what it manifestly seems to be. Nothing can be regarded as 'surprising,' any more than anything can be regarded as 'miraculous'."
✒ American historian #HaydenWhite passed away #OTD 5 March 2018. #History #Literature
"This movement between alternative linguistic modes conceived as alternative descriptive protocols is, I would argue, a distinguishing feature of all the great classics of the ‘literature of fact.’"
✒️ #HaydenWhite, American literary critic and historian, was #BOTD 12 July 1928.
"Everything must be entertained as what it manifestly seems to be. Nothing can be regarded as 'surprising,' any more than anything can be regarded as 'miraculous'."
✒ American historian #HaydenWhite passed away #OTD 5 March 2018. #History #Literature
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 10
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Writingcommunity
#UCLA
#HaydenWhite
#Metahistory
