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Greenblattian

Greenblattian adjective: of or relating to Stephen Greenblatt (born 1943), American literary critic, theorist and scholar, regarded as a founder of New Historicism.

Adjective

Greenblattian (comparative more Greenblattian, superlative most Greenblattian)

  1. Of or relating to Stephen Greenblatt (born 1943), American literary critic, theorist and scholar, regarded as a founder of New Historicism.

Forms of Greenblattian

comparativemore Greenblattian
superlativemost Greenblattian

Origin of Greenblattian

From Greenblatt + -ian.

Questions about Greenblattian

What does Greenblattian mean?
Greenblattian means of or relating to Stephen Greenblatt (born 1943), American literary critic, theorist and scholar, regarded as a founder of New Historicism.
What part of speech is Greenblattian?
Greenblattian is an adjective.

Words near Greenblattian in the dictionary

  1. greenbelt
  2. greenbelts
  3. Greenberg
  4. Greenbergian
  5. Greenblatt
  6. Greenblattian
  7. greenboard
  8. greenboards
  9. greenbodies
  10. greenbody
  11. greenbone

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