Hayden White -

White's scholarship focused on the relationship between narrative form and historical truth. His most influential books include:

Hayden White (1928–2018) was a groundbreaking American historian and literary theorist who revolutionized historiography by arguing that historical writing is inherently a literary, narrative act. He is best known for his theory of "emplotment," which suggests that historians do not simply find stories in the past but invent them through narrative structures. Major Works and Publications Hayden White