Learning to Curse
Author | : Stephen Greenblatt |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2012-08-21 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781136774201 |
ISBN-10 | : 1136774203 |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Download or read book Learning to Curse written by Stephen Greenblatt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Greenblatt argued in these celebrated essays that the art of the Renaissance could only be understood in the context of the society from which it sprang. His approach - 'New Historicism' - drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. Learning to Curse charts the evolution of that approach and provides a vivid and compelling exploration of a complex and contradictory epoch.