Camille Paglia Quote

The junk-bond era has also spawned something that calls itself New Historicism. This seems to be a refuge for English majors without critical talent or broad learning in history or political science. [...] To practice it, you must apparently lack all historical sense.

p. 223 - Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992) - Junk Bonds and Corporate Raiders : Academe in the Hour of the Wolf

The junk-bond era has also spawned something that calls itself New Historicism. This seems to be a refuge for English majors without critical talent...

The junk-bond era has also spawned something that calls itself New Historicism. This seems to be a refuge for English majors without critical talent...

The junk-bond era has also spawned something that calls itself New Historicism. This seems to be a refuge for English majors without critical talent...

The junk-bond era has also spawned something that calls itself New Historicism. This seems to be a refuge for English majors without critical talent...