This dissertation is a performance of, meditation on, and inquiry into the practice of close reading as it relates to the teaching, learning, and interpretation of literature. The objects of close reading include literature, the history of literary pedagogy and its relationship …
Are literary critics writers? As Michael Wood says, "Not all critics are writers--perhaps most of them are not--and some of them are better when they don't try to be." The British critic and poet William Empson (1906-84), one of the most important and influential critics of the …
"Are literary critics writers? As Michael Wood says, "Not all critics are writers--perhaps most of them are not--and some of them are better when they don't try to be." The British critic and poet William Empson (1906-84), one of the most important and influential critics of the…
Are literary critics writers? As Michael Wood says, "Not all critics are writers--perhaps most of them are not--and some of them are better when they don't try to be." The British critic and poet William Empson (1906-84), one of the most important and influential critics of the …
The Cambridge history of literary criticism
by Selden, Raman, Brown, Marshall, Kennedy, George Alexander, Nisbet, Hugh B., Litz, Arthur W., Litz, Arthur W., Brooks, Peter, Norton, Glyn P., Knellwolf, Christa, Minnis, Alastair J.
fromCambridge history of literary criticism / general eds.: Pet…