Toward a New Historicism

by Wesley Morris

Book Overview

Assessing major critics from Vernon Parrington to Murray Krieger, Wesley Morris points the way to a "new historicism." He outlines traditional historicist interests in American literary theory and draws from them the foundation for a vital new study of literature. As Mr. Morris shows, however, the new historicism moves beyond--necessarily using the most recent developments in linguistics, anthropology, psychoanalysis, the psychology of perception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691619972
• ISBN13: 9780691619972
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"