false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172709908m/210006.jpg 210006 1 <div>For almost twenty years, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. In <i>Practicing the New Historicism,</i> two of its most distinguished practitioners reflect on its surprisingly disparate sources and far-reaching effects.<br><br>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 characteristically dazzling readings of works ranging from paintings by Joos van Gent and Paolo Uccello to <i>Hamlet</i> and <i>Great Expectations.</i><br><br>By juxtaposing analyses of Renaissance and nineteenth-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 <i>Great Expectations</i> shed light on Hamlet's doubt?<br><br>Offering not only an insider's view of new historicism, but also a lively dialogue between a Renaissance scholar and a Victorianist, <i>Practicing the New Historicism</i> is an illuminating and unpredictable performance by two of America's most respected literary scholars.<br></div> 203265 1 9 2001 Practicing New Historicism total:15|5:3|4:7|3:2|2:3|1:0| 15 55 34 2 210006 0226279359 9780226279350 15 2 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172709908m/210006.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210006.Practicing_New_Historicism 4 0 false Wed Sep 12 10:48:18 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 10:48:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 210006 0226279359 9780226279350 15 2 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172709908m/210006.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210006.Practicing_New_Historicism 5 0 false Fri Jun 06 16:37:29 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 16:37:59 -0700 2008 210006 0226279359 9780226279350 15 2 3.67 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