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Stephen Greenblatt is the most important exponent of 'new historicism', a dynamic critical movement which rejects the traditional reliance on individual canonical texts, exploring a multitude of other, more marginal works and voices. Questioning not just literary but social, pol…
This book discusses ideas specific to particular works and explores the relation of Greenblatt's thought to new historicism as well as other modes of criticism.
Mark Robson discusses ideas specific to particular works and explores the relation of Greenblatt's thought to new historicism as well as other modes of criticism including the key topics of context, cultural poetics, power, subversion and containment, and thick description.
Stephen Greenblatt is a leading figure of new historicism and one of the most influential writers on Shakespeare and early modern culture. Mark Robson outlines the central features of Greenblatt's work, examining exactly what new historicism means and the relevance of new histor…
Stephen Greenblatt is a leading figure of new historicism and one of the most influential writers on Shakespeare and early modern culture. Mark Robson outlines the central features of Greenblatt's work, examining exactly what new historicism means and the relevance of new histor…
The Limits of Literary Historicism is a collection of essays arguing that historicism, which has come to dominate the professional study of literature in recent decades, has become ossified. By drawing attention to the limits of historicism--its blind spots, overreach, and reluc…
The Limits of Literary Historicism is a collection of essays arguing that historicism, which has come to dominate the professional study of literature in recent decades, has become ossified. By drawing attention to the limits of historicism--its blind spots, overreach, and reluc…