Rethinking historicism from Shakespeare to Milton

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Rethinking historicism from Shakespeare to Milton

Statement of responsibility

edited by Ann Baynes Coiro, Thomas Fulton

Contributor

• Fulton, Thomas, (Thomas Chandler)
• Coiro, Ann Baynes, 1951-

Editor

• Coiro, Ann Baynes, 1951-
• Fulton, Thomas, (Thomas Chandler)

Subject

• English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism | Theory, etc
• Historical criticism (Literature)
• New Historicism

Language

eng

Summary

Reading literary texts in their historical contexts has been the dominant form of interpretation in literary criticism for the past thirty years. This collection of essays reflects on the origins of historicism and its present usefulness as a mode of literary analysis, its limitations and its future. The volume provides a brief history of the practice from its Renaissance origins, offering examples of historicist work that not only demonstrate the continuing vitality of this methodology but also suggest new directions for research. Focusing on the major figures of Shakespeare and Milton, these essays provide important and concise representations of trends in the field. Designed for scholars and students of early modern English literature (1500–1700), the volume will also be of interest to students of literature more generally and to historians.--

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non fiction

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dictionaries

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks