New Historicism

🔹New Historicism is a literary theory based on the idea that literature should be studied and interpreted within the context of both the history of the author

 and the history of the critic. 

🔹It is based on literary criticism of Stephan Greenblatt and influenced by the philosophy of Michel Foucault. 

🔹New Historicism acknowledges not only that a work of literature is influenced by its author's times and circumstances, but also that critic's response to the work is influenced by his environment, beliefs systems and prejudices. 

🔹It examines both how the writer's times affected the work and how the work  reflects the writer's times.