The Uses of the Canon: Elizabethan Literature and Contemporary Theory

by Howard Felperin and Felperin

Book Overview

An important contribution to the current rethinking of "English," and to the reconsideration of Shakespeare's role within it, this book focuses on the emergence of the New Historicism, clarifying a number of key positions in the criticism of the past fifteen years. The essays subject many of New Historicism's most challenging claims to rigorous analysis, distinguish sharply between its American and British versions, and assess the causes and consequences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198122659
• ISBN13: 9780198122654
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"