Reconstructing Contexts
The Aims and Principles of Archaeo-Historicism
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 18 March 1999
- ISBN 9780198186328
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages252 pages
- Size 224x143x19 mm
- Weight 416 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
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. Hume draws mainly on English literature but also discusses American and other world literatures, theatre history, and music theory. Although addressed primarily to literary critics, this wide-ranging and bold work will be of interest to historians and cultural critics as well.
MoreLong description:
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. If such reconstruction is to be more than wildly impressionistic, it must be grounded in hard evidence handled according to clear rules. In this intriguing and rigorous analysis, Robert Hume identifies legitimate objects for reconstruction and proposes procedures and principles by which such interpretation may be pursued. He then examines the failures of the same method, which works only when adequate evidence can be found. In particular, Hume flatly denies the intellectual legitimacy of literary history as it is commonly practised and attempts to disentangle such history from the practice of historicism. The final chapter is devoted to a cogent discussion of how archaeo-historicism relates to various forms of contemporary theory. Hume offers a profusion of examples of good and bad historicist reconstruction and interpretation, drawing largely on English literature but also on American and other world literatures, theatre history, and music theory. Although addressed primarily to literary critics, this wide-ranging and bold work will be of interest to historians and cultural critics as well.
this book is rich in experimental examples
Table of Contents:
Preface
Historicism and Archaeo-Historicism
The Practice of Archaeo-Historicism
The Limits of Archaeo-Historicism
Historicism and Theory
Bibliography
Index
