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UGC Comparative Literature - II (June 2014)
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The author of “Towards a Politics of Culture”, a theoretical statement about new Historicism, is _________.
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Stephen Greenblatt
💡 Explanation:
Stephen Greenblatt is a central figure in New Historicism and wrote the influential essay "Towards a Poetics of Culture". He explores the relationship between literary texts and their historical contexts, emphasizing that literature is part of a larger social fabric. Although the question uses the word "Politics", it refers to this foundational theoretical statement.