The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.1721 Monday, 9 July 2001
From: Robin Hamilton <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
Date: Sunday, 8 Jul 2001 16:41:11 +0100
Subject: 12.1711 Re: Othello
Comment: Re: SHK 12.1711 Re: Othello
>From: Graham Bradshaw <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
>Good question. It made me wonder what on earth "New Historicist"
>criticism is, or could be, if it isn't "Contextual".
I once heard it described as "anecdotal history". Which is perhaps
unfair to the best of NH, but all too accurate with regard to the worst.
Robin Hamilton
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