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Toward a New Historicism
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Toward a New Historicism
Contributors:
By (Author) Wesley Morris
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: general
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
Social and cultural anthropology
Dewey:
801.95
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
278
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
567g
Description
Assessing major critics from Vernon Parrington to Murray Krieger, Wesley Morris points the way to a "new historicism." He outlines traditional historicist interests in American literary theory and draws from them the foundation for a vital new study of literature. As Mr. Morris shows, however, the new historicism moves beyond--necessarily using the
