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What is historical context and can texts be explained or enriched by considerations of context?
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What is historical context and can texts be explained or enriched by considerations of context? Historical context is largely responsible for assigning a place into which a text can be 'fitted', a set of conditions out of which the fiction has been moulded and a grounding which is therefore fixed historically in time and space. However, historical context is essentially the backdrop and starting point from which the literature comes into being and as attitudes of readers change over the years so adaptations of context alter the reception and analysis of the text, thereby challenging the authority its initial circumstances have over the literature for years into the future. The question of the usefulness of historical context in getting to the core of a text can be compared to the scientific puzzle of nature versus nurture in the assessment of human character. In the same way that the essential nature...
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