Practicing New Historicism (Record no. 90562)
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| 020 10 - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780226279350 |
| 082 10 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 801.95 |
| Item number | GAL |
| 100 10 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gallagher, Catherine |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Practicing New Historicism |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Chicago; London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | The University of Chicago Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2000 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 249p. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | For almost 20 years, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. In "Practicing New Historicism", two of its most distinguished practitioners reflect on its surprisingly disparate sources and far-reaching effects. In lucid and jargon-free prose, Catherine Gallagher and Stephen Greenblatt focus on five central aspects of new historicism: recurrent use of anecdotes, preoccupation with the nature of representations, fascination with the history of the body, sharp focus on neglected details, and skeptical analysis of ideology. Arguing that new historicism has always been more a passionately engaged practice of questioning and analysis than an abstract theory, Gallagher and Greenblatt demonstrate this practice in a series of characteristicaly dazzling readings of works ranging from paintings by Joos van Gent and Paolo Uccello to "Hamlet" and "Great Expectations". By juxtaposing analyses of Renaissance and 19th-century topics, the authors uncover a number of unexpected contrasts and connections between the two periods. Are aspects of the dispute over the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist detectable in British political economists' hostility to the potato? How does Pip's isolation in "Great Expectations" shed light on Hamlet's doubt |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Criticism |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | New Historicism |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Law |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Greenblatt, Stephen |
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| Item type | Book |
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