Download or read book Practicing New Historicism written by Catherine Gallagher and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two literary scholars focus on five central aspects of the literary critical theory: recurrent use of anecdotes, preoccupation with the nature of representations, fascination with the history of the body, sharp focus on neglected details, and skeptical analysis of ideology.