Young Goodman Brown and the New Historists Theory. This paper explores the classic short story, "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne through the New Historisits theory. This theory is used to best explore texts in the relation to both the author's historical context and the reader's historical context, where the interpretation of the text heavily depends on both of these singular perspectives. 3 pgs. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Pages: 3 Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed Filename: 8532 Young Goodman Brown.doc Price: 26.85