- historicism: using historical documentation to help explain a literary text
- history used to be considered set in stone/unchanging [19th century]
- must use evidence to support any claim made-this is where history is used in looking up documents, texts, and other important pieces of evidence
- new historicism reflects on the history used at the time, and also an evaluation after in was initially written
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner:
- a man describes his extreme sleep deprivation while fighting a war
- he is suffering: cold, exhausted, far away
- he comes under fire and is killed and washed away
The Holocaust Party
- Joel is so moved by the story that he can no longer remain at the party
- Amy's father is also deeply affected and has to stand outside; he is probably remembering how he spent the war
- Mrs. Isabel is deeply affected by the war, and never recovered emotionally
- through history we know what happened during the Holocaust, and can use that prior knowledge to help us when reading this story
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