New historicism

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.NounA school of literary theory developed in the 1980s, aiming simultaneously to understand a work through its cultural context and to understand intellectual history through literature.

Synonyms

historicism historical criticism formalism literary theory higher criticism cognitive poetics contextual criticism genre studies imagology logocentrism literary science historiography

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