Download or read book Figural Realism written by Hayden White and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2000-12-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is because historical discourse is actualized in its culturally significant form as a specific kind of writing that we may consider the relevance of literary theory to both the theory and the practice of historiography.--James M. Mellard, Northern Illinois University "The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism"