Daniel, Philip Moles2023-12-122023-12-122008-06-15Eagleton, T. (1976a). Marxism and literary criticism. London: Methuen. Eagleton, T. (1976b). Criticism and ideology. London: New leaf Books. Frow, J. (1986). Marxism and lit erary history. Oxford: Blackwell. Chukwuemeka. 1. (1970) Toads for supper. London: Marvill Press Ltd. Krieger, M. (1976). Theory> of criticism. New York: Levinson, et al (1989) Rethinking historicism: Critical readings in romantic history’ Oxford: Blackwell.https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3680The article examines Chukwuemeka Ike s Toads for supper within the theoretical context of New Historicism. Such issues as the diversity of dissonant voices which expresses the forces of an era, the embedded nature of a literary material within the framework of history, aspects of class and ethnicity prevalent in a culture, the use of techniques and symbolisms as a historicist “transaction ”, and the interchanges of diverse elements and forces (all as embodiments of the theory) are analyzed, using the internal relations of words, images, proverbs and symbols.enArticle