The phrase "a retrospective view" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reflection or consideration of past events or experiences.
Example: "In her article, she provides a retrospective view of the changes in the education system over the last decade."
Alternatives: "a backward glance" or "a look back".
"Everyone is taking a retrospective view, not a prospective view," Mr. Sherlund said.
There was less emphasis on pizazz and show-stopping virtuosity, more on a retrospective view.
When directors get deep into their careers, they can begin to make a retrospective view of it part of their movies.
"A Summer's Tale" is, in effect, a veiled period piece, a retrospective view of Rohmer's own youth, involving a state of mind and a personal situation that corresponds closely to those that he experienced half a century earlier.
In other words, the movie offers a retrospective view of Hollywood, and an attempt to recreate it in the present tense, that is based on a willfully blinkered sentimentality born of the worst, not the best, of classic Hollywood.
Theirs was a retrospective view, but it was a nonetheless influential one, affecting a number of the central social scientists of the century, among them Auguste Comte and Tocqueville and later Max Weber and Émile Durkheim.
Since discovering this series in reruns on BBC America's cable channel this summer, I've been engrossed in a retrospective viewing marathon.
This article draws a general retrospective view on the first 10 years of cognitive radio (CR).
On the one hand, the paper "Decision making for cognitive radio equipment: analysis of the first 10 years of exploration" by W Jouini, C Moy and J Palicot draws a general retrospective view on the first 10 years of CR from the decision making and learning point of view from an equipment perspective.
While this allows for a good retrospective view, the general public's perceptions and behavior may evolve during an outbreak.
Installation view of "Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective" on view at MOCA Grand Avenue, 2010.
