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Historicism and the value of context

Luke McBratney discusses historicism and considers the use of contextual material

Without context, Animal Farm would be no more than a simple story about animals on a farm

Historicism is a style of criticism that stresses the importance of various historical contexts. Historicist approaches to texts might include paying attention to aspects such as:

■ historical period

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