The New Historicism Reader

This reader contains contributions on such topics as: Shakespeare's ear; George Eliot and "Daniel Deronda" - the prostitute and the Jewish question; "The Bostonians"; "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the politics of literary history; logic of the transvestite; the Arab challenge to cultural dependancy. The New Historicism Reader documents the New Historicists' multiplex achievement, spanning Renaissance and Reagan studies, American realism, English romanticism, gender studies, feminism, and communications and rhetoric. Harold Veeser's introduction locates allies and opponents, surveys related fields, and identifies now-emerging New Historicist themes: the go-between, hybridization, embarrassment, autobiographical moves and personal writing. His selected bibliography gives access to a wealth of literature devoted to theorizing and attacking New Historicism, a phrase that--if it lacks a referent--has no want of references. In short, The NewHistoricism Reader offers everything required to know, teach and practice the New Historicism.