Practicing New Historicism New edition

by Catherine Gallagher (Author), Professor Stephen Greenblatt (Author)

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For almost twenty years, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. In Practicing the New Historicism, two of its most distinguished practitioners reflect on its surprisingly disparate sources and far-reaching effects.

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 Hamlet and Great Expectations.

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 Great Expectations shed light on Hamlet's doubt?

Offering not only an insider's view of new historicism, but also a lively dialogue between a Renaissance scholar and a Victorianist, Practicing the New Historicism is an illuminating and unpredictable performance by two of America's most respected literary scholars.

"Gallagher and Greenblatt offer a brilliant introduction to new historicism. In their hands, difficult ideas become coherent and accessible."—Choice

"A tour de force of new literary criticism. . . . Gallagher and Greenblatt's virtuoso readings of paintings, potatoes (yes, spuds), religious ritual, and novels—all 'texts'—as well as essays on criticism and the significance of anecdotes, are likely to take their place as model examples of the qualities of the new critical school that they lead. . . . A zesty work for those already initiated into the incestuous world of contemporary literary criticism-and for those who might like to see what all the fuss is about."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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"Gallagher and Greenblatt offer a brilliant introduction to new historicism. In their hands, difficult ideas become coherent and accessible."-Choice

For decades, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. In this dazzling, seminal volume, two of the discipline's most distinguished practitioners reflect on its surprisingly disparate sources and far-reaching effects.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; New edition (September 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226279359
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226279350
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.38 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches

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This is just poor writing, a clumsy dish full of schlock. There's not really any theoretical content to it other than a bloviating self-reference. It teaches you nothing about new historicism.

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Gary Matthews

New Historicism--this is the book you need

Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2013

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The conceptual frame work of New Historicism is not the toughest to grapple with and when done right makes excellent literary analysis. This book really lays out its pedagogical applications in a clear and tangible way. I teach Literary Criticism and now I include this book for my undergrads so that they can understand this process better.

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P B Illingworth

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Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2016

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A very good book for anyone interested in history. A must read.

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MARIA DE LOURDES GARCIA

Practicing New Historicism

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I bought this book as a present for a friend of mine who was at the time writing his thesis. He once told me the book was excellent and helped him develop his ideas.

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Russell A. Rohde MD

"Scrupulous But Unprincipled Orgasmic Essays With Emissions"

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2007

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"Practicing New Historicism", Catherine Gallagher and Stephen Greenblatt - Univ. Chicago Press, ISBN: 0-226-27935-9 (PB) - 234 pages plus Index (15 pags), 8 1/2" x 5 3/8"

A prime exemplar expounding construct of "Representations" (plural) to articulate equitable confines to encapsulate, embody and validate archetypal literary receptacles for a presumptiously new discipline, a "field" of rumination, coerced by heralding exigency of a job register (yes!) for the MLA (see book explanation of abbreviation). B.E. Seedy in 1883 had already warned us of this coming calamity.

Vigilantly, the authors dissected their MS into six organic parts or entrails, two "about", and four "of" new historicism, allowing spurious ectasy, relish and anabolism of punctilious emissions, some of who/which conjure blemishes of/with disbelief, biliousness, and even "high-brow" prefunctories, albeit allowing binary synapses to "fine tune", in ephemeral sequentiality, liberating unspecified primeval "bit of fire" and fracture of DNA that possibly (but exclusively admitting a 'peewee' likelihood), of its repression (17.3 n)to aggrandized antidiluviuan RNA, primeval matter most (almost?) disgusting to the disingenuous, partly due to lack of learning, laziness and autisms.
'Litterateurs' faithful but protracted disquisitions with reference to theology (...Religioso...), agreeably wrangled with Corpus Christi, dead bodies, undead bodies, Resurrection, resucitation, "almost-dead", the Host or "altar bread", "money changers" (Jews), and also relatively antiquated pious paintings, caves with missing walls (for illuminatio...)askew 'parterre', tiles and varmint breaches to exude bodily fluids including 'reyd' blood. Undoubtedly, authors sanctioned or "put in tune" their sage moils, fluidly, but not invariably sensitively enough(?) though, to evoke deep-seated Freudian repulsions of earthy matters or "materiel", as the boorish potato(oes) question, Irish (as people of Earth or muck), pigs, but coupled with embodiments of cherished participants in immigrant 'novellae' as Hamlet, Great Expectations, and even the Holy writ. The Holy writ being published under many names and divers language.

All in all, those particular disciples with penchants to harvest prodigal sagacious perspicacity fancy spoils from abstruse contemplation of this adamantine (sic) proportion of line and mass, a "near" depraved profliagacy but also a cunning artform best shielded from juveniles who lack understanding of perverse perspectives of historicists, both old and new! Guard these with your life! J.B. Wharton in 1932 had cautioned: "Be chary in these trouble times where worldwide more than one language is "lost" weekly, the 'hot' area being Australia what with its Aborigine(s)". Yes, (T)roubled times as who now still reminisces his Morse code and pidgin? Amelia Earhart having untutored in the former and unskilled in the latter. Even the idiot savant must ponder these grave issues. The authors are to be applauded, comest as thy haf, onto hallowed Earth of Berkeley and Harvard.

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