Reconstructing Contexts The Aims and Principles of Archaeo-Historicism [Hardcover]

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. In this intriguing and rigorous analysis, Robert Hume identifies legitimate objects for reconstruction by which such interpretation may be pursued. The book offers a profusion of examples of good and bad historicist reconstruction and interpretation.

Preface
Historicism and Archaeo-Historicism
The Practice of Archaeo-Historicism
The Limits of Archaeo-Historicism
Historicism and Theory
Bibliography
Index

...the work is full of insight....Hume is a generous and good-tempered guide who has espoused his principles with admirable clarity. --Times Literary Supplement