I agree that the rehabilitation of historicism is a welcome trend, but I would err on the side of caution if what is meant by rehabilitation resembles Morris Dickstein’s “Literary Theory and ...

I WANT to talk about the historical interpretation of literature — that is, about the interpretation of literature in its social, economic, and political aspects. To begin with, it will be worth while ...

The study of art history, theory and criticism is an expansive field that interrogates the multilayered relationship between artworks, their contexts and the evaluative practices that inform their ...