What is the relationship between the practices of New Historicism and New Criticism ?

A. New Historicism was a reaction against New Criticism, which was seen as too narrowly focused on text rather than context.

B. Both fields of literary study are American in origin.

C. New Historicism is simply an early form of Cultural Materialism.

D. Both fields of study are strictly focused on how readers interpret and invent meanings for literary texts.

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