"new historicism" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} new historicism (uncountable)
  1. A school of literary theory developed in the 1980s, aiming simultaneously to understand a work through its cultural context and to understand intellectual history through literature. Wikipedia link: new historicism Tags: uncountable
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