The New Historicism and Other Old-Fashioned Topics
Author | : Brook Thomas |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2021-07-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691233208 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691233209 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New Historicism and Other Old-Fashioned Topics written by Brook Thomas and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brook Thomas explores the new historicism and the challenges posed to it by a postmodern world that questions the very possibility of newness. He considers new historicism's engagement with poststructuralism and locates the former within a tradition of pragmatic historiography in the United States.