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Historicism ("New Historicism" begins on p. 130)
by Paul Hamilton. 214 pgs.

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Historicism is the essential introduction to this crucial concept in literary studies. This edition has been fully revised and includes a new glossary of critical terms, fully updated bibliography, clear suggestions for additional reading, as well as new discussion of Historicism's relation to the globalization debate. Historicism :*explains the theory and practice of historicism*presents the history of the term and its uses*introduces key thinkers in the field, from ancient Greece to the present*considers historicism in relation to contemporary debates, such as post-colonialism, feminism and globalization.This compact, yet comprehensive guide enables students to understand and apply historicist approaches in their own studies.

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Contents

Series Editor's Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: History and Historicism

2: The Rise of Historicism

3: The Hermeneutic Tradition

4: Historicism and Modernity

5: Historicisms of the Present

Conclusion

Glossary

Suggested Further Reading

Bibliography

Index
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Literary Theory: The Basics (Chap. 7 "Literature and Culture: The New Historicism and Cultural Materialism")
by Hans Bertens. 260 pgs.

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Tackling literary theory for the first time can seem a daunting task, it but it can be rewarding. This accessible guide provides the ideal first step in understanding theory, as the author:
-- leads you through the major approaches to literature which are signaled by the term "literary theory"
-- places each critical movement in its historical (and often political) context
-- illustrates theory in practice with examples from much-read texts
-- suggests further reading for those especially interested in a particular critical approaches
-- shows not only that theory can make sense but that it can radically change the way you read.
Covering all the basics and much more, this is the ideal book for anyone interested in how we read and why that matters.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Reading for Meaning

Chapter 2: Reading for Form I

Chapter 3: Reading for Form II

Chapter 4: Political Reading

Chapter 5: The Poststructuralist Revolution

Chapter 6: Poststructuralism Continued

Chapter 7: Literature and Culture

Chapter 8: Postcolonial Criticism and Theory

Chapter 9: Sexuality, Literature, and Culture

Bibliography

Index
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The Autonomy of Literature ("New Historicism" begins on p. 150)
by Richard Lansdown. 265 pgs.

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In the aftermath of the theory wars, the imaginative, formal, and moral features of literature have been substantially marginalized, downgraded, and neglected. Yet for many readers such elements will always be central to the experience of reading, just as for writers they are central to the experience of writing. This provocative study argues that literature has an abundant life of its own, and reconsiders that life in the contexts provided by three influential contemporary groups of critics: some North American philosophers; some psychoanalysts; and some theorists of history.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction

1: Institutionalism and Ideality

2: ‘a New Spin on the Old Words’: Criticism and Philosophy

3: ‘these Shafts Can Conquer Troy, These Shafts Alone’: Criticism and Psychoanalysis

4: ‘a Province of Truth’: Criticism and History

5: Four Objections

Notes

Index
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Professional Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Chap. Five "Renaissance New Historicism: Epistemic and Nonepistemic Textual Patterns")
by Susan Peck MacDonald. 241 pgs.

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Preface

Patterns of Variation

Chapter Two: Patterns In Disciplinary Variation

Case Studies In Three Subfields

Chapter Three: Attachment Research Compact Problem Definition In a Conceptually Driven Field

Chapter Four: The Problematics Of Contemporary History Writing

Chapter Five: Epistemic and Nonepistemic Textual Patterns

Language

Chapter Six: Sentence-Level Differences in Disciplinary Knowledge Making

Chapter Seven: Professional Styles And Their Consequences

Appendix Notes References Index

Appendix: The Sample

References

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Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism (Chap. 58 "New Historicism")
by Martin Coyle, Peter Garside, Malcolm Kelsall, John Peck. 1300 pgs.

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This Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide yet both to the nature and content of literature, and to literary criticism. In ninety essays by leading international critics and scholars, the volume covers both traditional topics such as literature and history, poetry, drama and the novel, and also newer topics such as the production and reception of literature. Current critical ideas are clearly and provocatively discussed, while the volume's arrangement reflects in a dynamic way the rich diversity of contemporary thinking about literature. Each essay seeks to provide the reader with a clear sense of the full significance of its subject as well as guidance on further reading. An essential work of reference, The Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism is a stimulating guide to the central preoccupations of contemporary critical thinking about literature. Special Features * Clearly written by scholars and critics of international standing for readers at all levels in many disciplines * In-depth essays covering all aspects, traditional and new, of literary studies past and present * Useful cross-references within the text, with full bibliographical references and suggestions for further reading * Single index of authors, terms, topics

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Acknowledgements

Preface

I: Introduction

1: Literature

Further Reading

Additional Works Cited

2: Criticism

Further Reading

II: Literature and History

3: Medieval Literature and the Medieval World

Further Reading

4: The Renaissance

5: Augustanism

Additional Works Cited

6: Romanticism

7: Modernism

Further Reading

8: Postmodernism

III: Poetry

9: Genre

Further Reading

10: Poetry

Additional Works Cited

11: Epic and Romance

12: Lyric

Further Reading

13: Narrative Verse

Further Reading

14: Women and the Poetic Tradition: The Oppressor’s Language

15: Medieval Poetry

Additional Works Cited

16: Renaissance Poetry

Additional Works Cited

17: ‘Augustan’ Poetry

18: Romantic Poetry

Further Reading

19: Victorian Poetry

20: The French Symbolists

Further Reading

21: Modern Poetry

22: British Poetry since 1945: Poetry and the Historical Moment

23: Contemporary American Poetry

IV: Drama

24: Stagecraft

Further Reading

25: Tragedy

Further Reading

26: Comedy

Further Reading

27: Shakespeare

Additional Works Cited

28: Medieval Drama

29: Renaissance Drama

Further Reading

30: Restoration Theatre

Further Reading

31: The Origins of the Modern British Stage

Further Reading

32: Theories of Modern Drama

33: The Theatre of the Absurd

Further Reading

34: Theatre and Politics

Further Reading

35: Feminist Theatre

V: The Novel

36: Modes of Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Further Reading

37: Feminine Fictions

Further Reading

38: The Historical Novel

39: The Nineteenth-Century Social Novel in England

Further Reading

40: The Realist Novel: The European Context

Further Reading

41: Realism and the English Novel

Additional Works Cited

42: American Romance

Further Reading

43: Formalism and the Novel: Henry James

Further Reading

44: The Novel and Modern Criticism

Further Reading

45: The Modernist Novel in the Twentieth Century

46: British Fiction since 1930

47: Contemporary Fiction

Further Reading

VI: Criticism

48: Biblical Hermeneutics

Further Reading

49: Neo-Classical Criticism

Further Reading

Additional Works Cited

50: The Romantic Critical Tradition

51: Great Traditions: The Logic of the Canon

Further Reading

52: Marxist Criticism

Further Reading

53: The New Criticism

Further Reading

54: Structuralism and Post-Structuralism: from the Centre to the Margin

Further Reading

55: Feminist Literary Criticism: ‘New Colours and Shadows’

Further Reading

56: Psychoanalytic Criticism

57: Deconstruction

Further Reading

58: New Historicism

Further Reading

VII: Production and Reception

59: Production and Reception of the Literary Book

60: The Printed Book

61: Literacy

62: Publishing before 1800

Further Reading

63: Publishing since 1800

Further Reading

64: British Periodicals and Reading Publics

Further Reading

65: Libraries and the Reading Public

66: Censorship

67: The Bibliographic Record

68: The Institutionalization of Literature: The University

Additional Works Cited

VIII: Contexts

69: Literature and the History of Ideas

70: Literature and the Bible

Further Reading

71: Literature and the Classics

Additional Works Cited

72: Folk Literature

Further Reading

73: Literature and the Visual Arts

74: Literature and Music

Further Reading

75: Literature and Landscape

Further Reading

76: The Sentimental Ethic

77: The Gothic

Further Reading

78: Aestheticism

79: Literature and Science

80: Literature and Language

81: Culture and Popular Culture: The Politics of Photopoetry

IX: Perspectives

82: New English Literatures

83: African Literature in English

Further Reading

84: The African-American Literary Tradition

85: Australian Literature and the British Tradition

86: Canadian Literature

Further Reading

87: Indian Literature in English

88: New Zealand and Pacific Literature

Further Reading

89: West Indian Literature

Additional Works Cited

90: Western Literature in Modern China

X: Afterword

W(H)Ither ‘English’?

Further Reading

The Contributors

Index
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Constructing Rhetorical Education (Chap. 14 "New Historicism and Social Rhetoric: From the Bard to the Boardroom - A Cultural Exchange")
by Davida Charney, Marie Secor. 432 pgs.

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Constructing Rhetorical Education

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Preface

Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

I: How Culture Constructs Students and Teachers

1: Feminist Theory and Practice in the Writing Classroom: a Critique and a Prospectus

2: Women's Work, Worthy Work: Composition Instruction at Vassar College, 1897-1922

3: Spoken to Written Language: Thoughts on the Evolution of Consciousness

4: A Reexamination of Attitudes Towards Black English Vernacular

II: How Institutions Construct the Writing Classroom

5: Composing One's Self in a Discipline: Students' and Teachers' Negotiations

6: When "Basic Skills" Are Really Basic and Really Skills

7: Looking Under the Table: the Shapes of Writing in College

8: Technology as a Catalyst for Educational Reform in English Classes: Computer-Supported Writers' Conferences

III: How Writers Develop

9: U-Shaped Behavior in Basic Writing: the Case for Backsliding

10: Socio-Cognitive Development and Students' Performance on Audience-Centered Argumentative Writing

IV: How Writers Respond to the Needs of Readers

11: Connection and Understanding

12: Toward Improving Models of Writers: Searching for Models of Audience

13: Writers Meet Their Readers in the Classroom: Revising After Feedback

V: How Discourse Communities Construct Readers and Writers

14: New Historicism and Social Rhetoric: from the Bard to the Boardroom— a Cultural Exchange

15: Engineered Revisions in Industry

16: Citation and Documentation Across the Curriculum

VI: How Affective Discourse Constructs Its Public

17: Enthymemes of Anger in Cicero and Thomas Paine

18: Narration, Technical Communication, and Culture: the Soul of a New Machine as Narrative Romance

19: Putting the Irs on Notice: a Lesson in the Tactics of Intimidation

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Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics (Chap. 8 "It's Renaissance Time: New Historicism, American Studies, and American Identity")
by Michael Berube. 273 pgs.

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Preface

Introduction American Political Culture and Cultural Politics

Part I: PC and the Humanities

1: Discipline and Theory

Notes

2: Winning Hearts and Minds

3: Exigencies of Value

Notes

Part II: Critical Theory in the Public Sphere

4: Just the Fax, Ma'Am: Or, Postmodernism's Journey to Decenter

Notes

5: Pop Goes the Academy: Cult Studs Fight the Power

Notes

6: Bite Size Theory: Popularizing Academic Criticism

Part III: At the Closing of the American Century

7: Paranoia in a Vacuum: 2001 and the National Security State

Notes

8: It's Renaissance Time: New Historicism, American Studies, and American Identity

Notes

9: Disuniting America Again

Epilogue

Notes

Index
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Reading Tudor-Stuart Texts through Cultural Historicism (Chap. 2 "Foucault and Utopia: Politics and New Historicism")
by Albert H. Tricomi. 206 pgs.

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Preface

1: The Problem and the Project

Part One: Surveillance

2: Foucault and Utopia

3: Tropes of Surveillance in Jonson's and Shakespeare's Poetry Decentering Traditional Historicism

4: The Informer in Popular Culture a Critique of the Anecdotal Method

Part Two: The Sexual Body

5: The Cultural Foundations of Shakespeare's Problem Plays

6: The Jacobean Problem Play Sexuality, Surveillance, and the Critique of Culture

7: Affectivity and New Historicism

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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The Uses of the Canon: Elizabethan Literature and Contemporary Theory (Chap. 8 "'Cultural Poetics' Versus 'Cultural Materialism': The Two New Historicisms in Renaissance Studies")
by Howard Felperin. 192 pgs.

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An important contribution to the current rethinking of "English," and to the reconsideration of Shakespeare's role within it, this book focuses on the emergence of the New Historicism, clarifying a number of key positions in the criticism of the past fifteen years. The essays subject many of New Historicism's most challenging claims to rigorous analysis, distinguish sharply between its American and British versions, and assess the causes and consequences of its politicization of literary studies. The theoretical and political issues at stake in current debates are clearly examined, and the uses served by the canonical texts at their center are re-examined within a broad cultural and historical perspective. Offering fresh readings of a number of classic texts--including Hamlet, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Shakespeare's sonnets, More's Utopia, Donne's poetry, and Conrad's Heart of Darkness--this overview of contemporary critical theory and practice provides a deepened understanding of the complex and changing functions of the canon itself.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

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1: Historicizing Bardolatry: Or, Where Could Coleridge Have Been Coming From?

2: Romance and Romanticism

3: 'tongue-Tied, Our Queen?': The Deconstruction of Presence in the Winter's Tale

4: The Dark Lady Identified: Or, What Deconstruction Can Do for Shakespeare's Sonnets

5: Contextualizing the Canon: The Case of Donne

6: Marlowe Our Contemporary

7: Early Utopian Discourse

8: 'Cultural Poetics' Versus 'Cultural Materialism': The Two New Historicisms in Renaissance Studies

9: The Tempest in Our Time

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Lessons of Romanticism: A Critical Companion (Introduction "Reading Beyond Redemption: Historicism, Irony, and the Lessons of Romanticism")
by Thomas Pfau, Robert F. Gleckner. 476 pgs.

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Moving beyond views of European Romanticism as an essentially poetic development, Lessons of Romanticism strives to strengthen a critical awareness of the genres, historical institutions, and material practices that composed the culture of the period. This anthology - in recasting Romanticism in its broader cultural context - ranges across literary studies, art history, musicology, and political science and combines a variety of critical approaches, including gender studies, Lacanian analysis, and postcolonial studies.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction. Reading Beyond Redemption: Historicism, Irony, and the Lessons of Romanticism

Varieties of Bildung in European Romanticism and Beyond

Romanticism, Bildung, and the Literary Absolute

The Inhibitions of Democracy on Romantic Political Thought: Thoreau's Democratic Individualism

Between Irony and Radicalism: the Other Way of a Romantic Education

Friendly Instruction: Coleridge and the Discipline of Sociology

Keats and the Aesthetics of Critical Knowledge; Or, the Ideology of Studying Romanticism at the Present Time

Reading Habits: Scenes of Romantic Miseducation and the Challenge of Eco-Literacy

Postmodernism, Romanticism, and John Clare

Images and Institutions of Cultural Literacy in Romanticism

The Lessons of Swedenborg; Or, the Origin of William Blake's the Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Coleridge's Lessons in Transition: the "Logic" of the "Wildest Odes"

Some Romantic Images in Beethoven

"Lorenzo's" Liverpool and "Corinne's" Coppet: the Italianate Salon and Romantic Education

Liberty, Connection, and Tyranny: the Novels of Jane Austen and the Aesthetic Movement of the Picturesque

The Royal Academy and the Annual Exhibition of the Viewing Public

Romantic Psychoanalysis: Keats, Identity, and (the fall of) Hyperion"

"Their Terrors Came Upon Me Tenfold": Literacy and Ghosts in John Clare's Autobiography

Gender, Sexuality, and the (un) Romantic Canon

A Lesson in Romanticism: Gendering the Soul

What Happens When Jane Austen and Frances Burney Enter the Romantic Canon?

Domesticating Gothic: Jane Austen, Ann Radcliffe, and National Romance

Learning What Hurts: Romanticism, Pedagogy, Violence

Reforming Byron's Narcissism

"This Horrid Theatre of Human Sufferings": Gendering the Stages of History in Catharine Macaulay and Percy Bysshe Shelley

Contributors

Index
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The New Historicist Creepers of Vineland, in Critique
by Mark Robberds. 12 pgs.

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Constructing a World: How Postmodern Historical Fiction Reimagines the Past, in CLIO
by Martha Tuck Rozett. 19 pgs.

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Revisionary Interventions into the Americanist Canon ("The New Historicist Return of the Repressed Context" begins on p. 187, and "American Literature and the New Historicism: The Example of Frederick Douglass" begins on p. 211)
by Donald E. Pease. 344 pgs.

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Preface

New Americanists: Revisionist Interventions Into the Canon

The Res Publica of Letters

The Desublimation of Romance

The Rationale for "The American Romance"

Scarcity, Subjectivity, and Emerson

Hearing Narrative Voices In Melville's Pierre

The Rhetorical Use and Abuse of Fiction: Eating Books in Late Nineteenth-Century America

Maternal Discourse and the Romance Of Self-Possession in Kate Chopin's the Awakening

The New Historicist Return of the Repressed Context

Realism, Ideology, and the Novel in America (1886-1896): Changing Perspectives in the Work Of Mark Twain, W. D. Howells, and Henry James

American Literature and the New Historicism: The Example of Frederick Douglass

"Ours by the Law of Nature": Romance And Independents on Mark Twain's River

Cataloging the Creatures of the Deep: " Billy Budd, Sailor" and the Rise of Sociology

Violence, Revolution, and the Cost of Freedom: John Brown and W. E. B. Dubois

Contributors

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