To which of the following is New Historicism indebted?
- A. Marxism
- B. Formalism
- C. Reader-response theory
- D. Existentialism
- E. Hermeneutics
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Correct answer: A. A and C only
Explanation
Per the key, Marxism (ideology, power) and reader-response theory (the reader's historicity). Greenblatt's chief debts are to Foucault and Geertz.
Note: Key doubtful: hermeneutics (option 3) has an equally strong claim.
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