From a 1938 essay by John Crowe Ransom through the work of contemporary scholars, "Close Reading" highlights the interplay between critics--the ways they respond to and are influenced by others' works. To facilitate comparisons of methodology, the collection includes discussions of the same primary texts by scholars using different critical approaches. The essays focus on "Hamlet," "Lycidas," "The Rape of the Lock," "Ulysses, Invisible Man, Beloved, "Jane Austen, John Keats, and Wallace Stevens and reveal not only what the contributors are reading, but also "how" they are reading.
Frank Lentricchia and Andrew DuBois's collection is an essential tool for teaching the history and practice of close reading.
"Contributors." Houston A. Baker Jr., Roland Barthes, Homi Bhabha, R. P. Blackmur, Cleanth Brooks, Kenneth Burke, Paul de Man, Andrew DuBois, Stanley Fish, Catherine Gallagher, Sandra Gilbert, Stephen Greenblatt, Susan Gubar, Fredric Jameson, Murray Krieger, Frank Lentricchia, Franco Moretti, John Crowe Ransom, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Helen Vendler
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From a 1938 essay by John Crowe Ransom through the work of contemporary scholars, "Close Reading" highlights the interplay between critics--the ways they respond to and are influenced by others' works. To facilitate comparisons of methodology, the collection includes discussions of the same primary texts by scholars using different critical approaches. The essays focus on "Hamlet," "Lycidas," "The Rape of the Lock," "Ulysses, Invisible Man, Beloved, "Jane Austen, John Keats, and Wallace Stevens and reveal not only what the contributors are reading, but also "how" they are reading.
Frank Lentricchia and Andrew DuBois's collection is an essential tool for teaching the history and practice of close reading.
"Contributors." Houston A. Baker Jr., Roland Barthes, Homi Bhabha, R. P. Blackmur, Cleanth Brooks, Kenneth Burke, Paul de Man, Andrew DuBois, Stanley Fish, Catherine Gallagher, Sandra Gilbert, Stephen Greenblatt, Susan Gubar, Fredric Jameson, Murray Krieger, Frank Lentricchia, Franco Moretti, John Crowe Ransom, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Helen Vendler
Imprint | Duke University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | December 2002 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | December 2002 |
Editors | Frank Lentricchia, Andrew DuBois |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 301 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8223-3039-4 |
Barcode | 9780822330394 |
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LSN | 0-8223-3039-3 |