New Historicism and Renaissance Drama [Paperback]

New Historicism has been one of the major developments in literary theory over the last decade, both in the USA and Europe. In this book, Wilson and Dutton examine the theories behind New Historicism and its celebrated impact in practice on Renaissance Drama, providing an important collection both for students of the genre and of literary theory.

Professor Richard Wilson is Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Kingston University, London.

Richard Dutton is Humanities Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Faculty of English at Ohio State University, USA.