"Presentism, Anachronism, and Titus Andronicus" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc575/ Author: DiPietro, Cary; Grady, Hugh. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: DiPietro, Shakespeare and the Urgency of Now: Criticism and Theory in the 21st Century, 9–37. : DiPietro, Shakespeare and the Urgency of Now: Criticism and Theory in the 21st Century Annotation: Through examining Shakespeare's use of anachronisms in Titus Andronicus, offers an example of a specific kind of presentism that acknowledges the importance of understanding a text in its historical context while also acknowledging that such historicist attempts are already implicated in the values and suppositions of the moment within which they are created, thus creating an analogy between past and present. Language: English Persons: DiPietro, Cary; Grady, Hugh Keywords: presentism; anachronism; historicism Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Troilus and Cressida WSB Update: Winter 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc575