“新历史主义”作为一个批评流派的名称 ,是葛林布雷首先提出的。在莎士比亚研究中运用历史主义方法自本世纪 2 0年代开始 ,但葛林布雷的新历史主义莎评新在他把后结构主义对权力策略的分析引入了莎剧研究。其次它明显受到美国左倾知识分子的意识形态 ,如反种族主义 ,反殖民主义 ,反性别歧视等思潮的影响。 As a criticism genre, “New Historicism” was first proposed by Greenbree. The use of historicist methods in Shakespearean studies began in the 20’s of this century, but Shahrassin, Greenhound’s new historicism, in his post-structuralism analysis of power tactics, introduced Shakespearean studies. Second, it is obviously influenced by the ideology of left-leaning intellectuals in the United States, such as anti-racism, anti-colonialism and anti-sexism.