Reconstructing Contexts: The Aims and Principles of Archaeo-Historicism

ISBN-13: 9780198186328 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 256 str.

Evan Pugh Robert (Evan Pugh Professor of English Literature

Opis

This book attempts to justify and theorize old historicism, defining archaeo-historicism as a method by which scholars can reconstruct past context in order to apply it to the interpretation of works and events of that time. In this intriguing and rigorous analysis, Robert Hume identifies legitimate objects for reconstruction by which such interpretation may be pursued. The book offers a profusion of examples of good and bad historicist reconstruction and interpretation.

Recenzje

a clear and often humourous writer ... He writes especially well on economic and financial problems, having done extensive research into theatrical accounts, but is just as adept at dealing with aesthetic or biographical questions ... the work is full of insight ... Hume is a generous and good tempered guide who has espoused his principles with admirable clarity.