Harvard Book Store Friday Forum Series	December 1, 2000

Stephen J. Greenblatt John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University 3pm on Friday, November 10th, 2000 Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138	Practicing New Historicism Profile of Stephen Greenblatt other titles from Stephen Greenblatt
Co-Author (with Catherine Gallagher) of: Practicing New Historicism
For nearly twenty years, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. Practicing New Historicism juxtaposes analyses of Renaissance and nineteenth-century topics, revealing a number of unexpected contrasts and connections between the two periods. "This beautifully written book is at once an admirably nondefensive account of how what has come to be known as new historicism emerged in conversations between friends and a demonstration in action of the continuing power of a 'method' that steadfastly refuses to become one." – Stanley Fish "A tour de force of new literary criticism....A zesty work for those already initiated into the incestuous world of contemporary literary criticism –and for those who might like to see what the fuss is all about." – Kirkus Reviews	(June 2000, University of Chicago, hc) $25.00