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New Historicism
noun
Definition of NEW HISTORICISM
: a method of literary criticism that emphasizes the historicity of a text by relating it to the configurations of power, society, or ideology in a given time
— New Historicist adjective or noun
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First Known Use of NEW HISTORICISM
1986
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