Paul Hamilton is Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London.

'The book itself is open to possibility, and it opens its readers to the possibility - indeed to the probability - that they will produce a ciriticism that is thinking, vital, vigorous, committed, located.'es in Literary Criticism Studi

• Introduction 1. History and Historicism 2. The Rise of Historicism 3. The Hermeneutic Tradition 4. Historicism and Modernity 5. Historicisms of the Present. Conclusion

Paul Hamilton is Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London.

'The book itself is open to possibility, and it opens its readers to the possibility - indeed to the probability - that they will produce a ciriticism that is thinking, vital, vigorous, committed, located.'es in Literary Criticism Studi

• Introduction 1. History and Historicism 2. The Rise of Historicism 3. The Hermeneutic Tradition 4. Historicism and Modernity 5. Historicisms of the Present. Conclusion