Reconstructing Contexts: The Aims and Principles of Archaeo-Historicism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198186328)

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.

Author: Robert D. Hume
ISBN-10: 0198186320
ISBN-13: 9780198186328
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 05/20/1999
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d