Practicing New Historicism
By: Catherine Gallagher & Stephen Greenblatt.
Contributors: Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Criticism; Historicism
Description: "For almost twenty years, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. In Practicing New Historicism, two of its most distinguished practitioners reflect on its surprisingly disparate sources and far-reaching effects.".

"In lucid and jargon-free prose, Catherine Gallagher and Stephen Greenblatt focus on five central aspects of new historicism: recurrent use of anecdotes, preoccupation with the nature of representations, fascination with the history of the body, sharp focus on neglected details, and skeptical analysis of ideology."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index.