New Historicism
Click here to evalure my assignment New Historicism Name : Riddhi Mau Semester : 2 Batch :2016-2018 Roll No : 21 Paper no : 8 Unit No : 1 Submitted To ; M.K.Bhavnagar University , department of English Email Id : riddhimaru27@gmail.com Assignment Topic : New Historicism Topic : Briefy discuss new Historicism O..... What is New Historicism ? New Historicism is literary theory based on the idea that literature should be studied and interpreted within the context of both the history of the author and the history of the critic . Based on the literary criticism of stephen Greenblatt and influenced by the philosophy of michel foucault , New historicism acknowledges not only that a work of literature is influenced by its author’s time and circumstances , but that the criti’s response to the work is also influenced by his envir