Stephen Greenblatt

Paperback

Main Details

Title Stephen Greenblatt
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mark Robson
SeriesRoutledge Critical Thinkers
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreLiterature - history and criticism
ISBN/Barcode 9780415343855
ClassificationsDewey:801.95
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 22 October 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

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).