Neema Parvini is Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Richmond, The American International University, UK.

Primarily a student guide, Neema Parvini's book first takes the reader on an introductory journey through the critical undergrowth...Shakespeare's works provide rich material informing the ideological conflict at the heart of the modern world. How we understand our past determines how we recognise and react to our contemporary world.

• Acknowledgements\ A Note on Texts \ Timeline ofTheoretical and Critical Developments\ Who's Who of NewHistoricism and Cultural Materialism \ 1.Introduction\ 2. Before NewHistoricism and Cultural Materialism \i. Thefirst half of the twentieth century: Traditional scholarship from A.C. Bradleyto Moody E. Prior \ ii. The 1950s tothe 1970s: Formalism, structuralism and deconstruction\ 3. Theory inFocus \i. CliffordGeertz \ii. AntonioGramsci\ iii. LouisAlthusser\ iv. MichelFoucault\ 4. NewHistoricism \ 5. CulturalMaterialism\ 6. Alternativeviews in New Historicism and Cultural Materialism\ 7. Conclusion\ Glossary ofImportant Critical Terminology \Bibliography\ Index

Neema Parvini is Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Richmond, The American International University, UK.

Primarily a student guide, Neema Parvini's book first takes the reader on an introductory journey through the critical undergrowth...Shakespeare's works provide rich material informing the ideological conflict at the heart of the modern world. How we understand our past determines how we recognise and react to our contemporary world.

• Acknowledgements\ A Note on Texts \ Timeline ofTheoretical and Critical Developments\ Who's Who of NewHistoricism and Cultural Materialism \ 1.Introduction\ 2. Before NewHistoricism and Cultural Materialism \i. Thefirst half of the twentieth century: Traditional scholarship from A.C. Bradleyto Moody E. Prior \ ii. The 1950s tothe 1970s: Formalism, structuralism and deconstruction\ 3. Theory inFocus \i. CliffordGeertz \ii. AntonioGramsci\ iii. LouisAlthusser\ iv. MichelFoucault\ 4. NewHistoricism \ 5. CulturalMaterialism\ 6. Alternativeviews in New Historicism and Cultural Materialism\ 7. Conclusion\ Glossary ofImportant Critical Terminology \Bibliography\ Index

Neema Parvini is Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Richmond, The American International University, UK.

Primarily a student guide, Neema Parvini's book first takes the reader on an introductory journey through the critical undergrowth...Shakespeare's works provide rich material informing the ideological conflict at the heart of the modern world. How we understand our past determines how we recognise and react to our contemporary world.

• Acknowledgements\ A Note on Texts \ Timeline ofTheoretical and Critical Developments\ Who's Who of NewHistoricism and Cultural Materialism \ 1.Introduction\ 2. Before NewHistoricism and Cultural Materialism \i. Thefirst half of the twentieth century: Traditional scholarship from A.C. Bradleyto Moody E. Prior \ ii. The 1950s tothe 1970s: Formalism, structuralism and deconstruction\ 3. Theory inFocus \i. CliffordGeertz \ii. AntonioGramsci\ iii. LouisAlthusser\ iv. MichelFoucault\ 4. NewHistoricism \ 5. CulturalMaterialism\ 6. Alternativeviews in New Historicism and Cultural Materialism\ 7. Conclusion\ Glossary ofImportant Critical Terminology \Bibliography\ Index