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On close reading /

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At a time of debate about the future of "English" as a discipline and the fundamental methods of literary study, few terms appear more frequently than "close reading." But what exactly is close reading, and where did it come from? Here John Guillory, author of the acclaimed Profe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guillory, John (Author)
Other Authors: Newstok, Scott L., 1973-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2025].
Subjects:
Close reading (Literary analysis)
Criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • The rise and rise of close reading
  • Toward a general theory of reading
  • Techné, technique, technology
  • Close reading as technique
  • Showing the work of reading
  • Coda. On attention to literature
  • Annotated bibliography / by Scott Newstok.