Engagements With Close Reading

This book offers an introduction to literary reading, how to perform a close analysis of an unfamiliar text, and how to articulate responses. It is a valuable resource for those entering the conversation about literary reading as it is being reshaped by humanists and literary scholars in the wake of cultural studies, critical theory, historicism, and new media, presenting a framework for understanding the ways critics, writers, and readers have talked about the literary experience. Making sense of the past, present, and future of reading, she teaches the key concepts of close reading while facilitating conversations among different approaches and media, and opening paths to new inquiry.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Close Reading, Critical Reading
Chapter 2: The Verbal Icon
Chapter 3: The Poem as Event
Chapter 4: The Ethical Turn
Chapter 5: Engaged Reading
Glossary

About the author

Annette Federico is Professor of English at James Madison University, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Annette Federico, Annette (James Madison University Federico
• Assisted by: Daniel Robinson (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.10.2015
• EAN: 9780415748025
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74802-5
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Routledge Engagements with Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general, Literary theory