Basic Principles of New Historicism in the Light of Stephen Greenblatt's Resonance and Wonder and Invisible Bullets

The aim of this paper is to present the basic principles of new historicism through analysing Stephen Greenblatt’s two works: Resonance and Wonder and Invisible Bullets since new historicism is highly associated with Stephen Greenblatt. Social, political, and economic elements designate the literary works of a society. New Historicism will be explored in detail through considering the relationship between history and literature as literary works are regarded as historical texts according to this criticism; however, it will be concluded that fiction and history are storylike narratives.