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Stephen Greenblatt
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
Stephen Greenblatt
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mark Robson
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Series | Routledge Critical Thinkers |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:160 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Literature - history and criticism |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780415343855
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Classifications | Dewey:801.95 |
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Audience | Undergraduate | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Imprint |
Routledge
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Publication Date |
22 October 2007 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Stephen Greenblatt is the most important exponent of 'new historicism', a dynamic critical movement which rejects the traditional reliance on individual canonical texts, exploring a multitude of other, more marginal works and voices. Questioning not just literary but social, political and cultural assumptions about knowledge and power, Greenblatt's work has had a huge impact on contemporary theory. Mark Robson discusses ideas specific to particular works and explores the relation of Greenblatt's thought to new historicism as well as other modes of criticism including the key topics of: context cultural poetics power, subversion and containment thick description anecdotes. Providing a starting point for readers new to this crucial theorist's sometimes complex texts, or support for those deepening their understanding of his work, this guidebook is ideal for students in the fields of literary, history, social and cultural studies.
Author Biography
Mark Robson is Lecturer in English at the University of Nottingham. He is author of The Sense of Early Modern Writing (2006), co-author of Language in Theory (2005), and editor of Jacques Ranciere: Aesthetics, Politics, Philosophy (2005).
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