Overview

This series takes account of contemporary literary theory, providing collections of key modern readings of major authors, genres and critical approaches. The books are prefaced by an editorial introduction setting the readings in context and exploring the issues they raise. This collection of essays aims to offer a summary of one of the most dynamic and controversial movements in contemporary criticism. New Historicism is the critical idea of viewing works as rewritings of non literary documents and as such are seen not merely as literary and linguistic phenomena but as political critiques of the age. The use of this ideology in critical writing has been a method of increasing popularity since the early 1980's. New Historicism and Renaissance drama have been firmly associated since this period and one of the aims of this collection is to examine the reasons behind this. It should prove an invaluable reference for literary students wishing to gain an insight to and understanding of New Historicism. All the essays are preceded by headnotes that are intended as commentary on the debates within New Historicism as they unfolded during the 80's. The key concepts in the headnotes are printed in bold type then listed alphabetically in a separate appendix for ease of reference.

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Author:   Richard Wilson ,  Richard Dutton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780582045545

ISBN 10:   0582045541
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   13 April 1992
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Historicising New Historicism, Richard Wilson; Chapter 1 The New Historicism in Renaissance Studies, Jean E. Howard; Chapter 2 Literature, History, Polities, Catherine Belsey; Chapter 3 Shakespeare, Cultural Materialism and the New Historicism, Jonathan Dollimore; Chapter 4 Marlowe and the Will to Absolute Play, Stephen Greenblatt; Chapter 5 Invisible Bullets: Renaissance Authority and its Subversion, Henry IV and Henry V, Stephen Greenblatt; Chapter 6 A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Shaping Fantasies of Elizabethan Culture: Gender, Power, Form, Louis Montrose; Chapter 7 Alice Arden‘s Crime, Catherine Belsey; Chapter 8 Shakespeare’s Roman Carnival, Richard Wilson; Chapter 9 Hamlet’s Unfulfilled Interiority, Francis Barker; Chapter 10 Macbeth: History, Ideology and Intellectuals, Alan Sinfield; Chapter 11 The White Devil: Transgression Without Virtue, Jonathan Dollimore; Chapter 12 Family Rites: City Comedy and the Strategies of Patriarchalism, Leonard Tennenhouse; Chapter 13 Smithfield and Authorship: Ben Jonson, Peter Stallybrass, Allon White; Postscript, Richard Dutton;

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Professor Richard Wilson is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Kingston University, London. Richard Dutton is Humanities Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Faculty of English at Ohio State University, USA.

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