Neo-Historicism: Studies in Renaissance Literature, History and Politics
Neo-Historicism: Studies in Renaissance Literature, History and Politics By Robin Headlam Wells, Glenn Burgess, Rowland Wymer
2000 | 283 Pages | ISBN: 0859915816 | PDF | 2 MB
2000 | 283 Pages | ISBN: 0859915816 | PDF | 2 MB
For nearly two decades, Renaissance literary scholarship has been dominated by various forms of postmodern criticism which claim to expose the simplistic methodology of `traditional' criticism and to offer a more sophisticated view of the relation between literature and history; however, this new approach, although making scholars more alert to the political significance of literary texts, has been widely criticised on both methodological and theoretical grounds. The revisionist essays collected in this volume make a major contribution to the modern debate on historical method, approaching Renaissance culture from different gender perspectives and a variety of political standpoints, but all sharing an interest in the interdisciplinary study of the past. Contributors: GLENN BURGESS, STANLEY STEWART, BLAIR WORDEN, ANDREW GURR, KATHARINE EISAMAN MAUS, ROWLAND WYMER, GRAHAM PARRY, MALCOLM SMUTS, STEVEN ZWICKER, HEATHER DUBROW, ROBIN HEADLAM WELLS.