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New Historicism in Literary Criticism by KifayatShaa is a document available to read on EtoBox.
New Historicism seeks to understand literary works within the historical context of the ideas and assumptions prevalent during the time period. It focuses on analyzing how a work reflects the cultural constructs of truth and authority, rather than factual history. New Historicists are interested in how literature can reveal prevailing ways of thinking, such as views of social organization or taboos. The approach is more concerned with the ideological and cultural constructs shaped by an era than specific hi
- Author
- KifayatShaa
- Language
- EN