Word.ws English Dictionary

new historicism

new historicism noun: a school of literary theory developed in the 1980s, aiming simultaneously to understand a work through its cultural context and to understand intellectual history through literature.

Noun

new historicism (uncountable)

  1. A school of literary theory developed in the 1980s, aiming simultaneously to understand a work through its cultural context and to understand intellectual history through literature.

new historicism meaning in Tamil

new historicism in Tamil

ஜெரோம் மெக்கான், மெர்ஜோரி லெவின்சன்

Questions about new historicism

What does new historicism mean?
New historicism means a school of literary theory developed in the 1980s, aiming simultaneously to understand a work through its cultural context and to understand intellectual history through literature.
What is new historicism in Tamil?
New historicism in Tamil is ஜெரோம் மெக்கான், மெர்ஜோரி லெவின்சன். See New historicism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is new historicism?
New historicism is a noun.

Words near new historicism in the dictionary

  1. New Haw
  2. New Hebridean
  3. New Hebrides
  4. New High German
  5. New Hinksey
  6. new historicism
  7. New Holland
  8. New Holland honeyeater
  9. New Holland honeyeaters
  10. New Hollywood
  11. New Holstein

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: new historicism (page history and authors); new historicism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “new historicism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/new_historicism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.