ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -It first developed in the 1980s, primarily through the work of the critic Stephen Greenblatt, and gained widespread influence in the 1990s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stephen Greenblatt: Stephen Greenblatt is credited with pioneering new historicism. His book, The Power of Forms in the English Renaissance is where he first used the term, new historicism.

Detailed explanation-3: -A New Historicist looks at literature in a wider historical context, examining both how the writer’s times affected the work and how the work reflects the writer’s times, in turn recognizing that current cultural contexts color that critic’s conclusions.