How Close Reading Made Us - The Transnational Legacies of New Criticism

Shows how the method of close reading traveled from the United States to Brazil and Israel, revealing its profound impact on global modernisms and reframing the lasting significance of New Criticism.

About the author

Yael Segalovitz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Yael Segalovitz
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2024
• EAN: 9781438498690
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9869-0
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, Latin America, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Comparative Literature, Caribbean islands, Jewish Studies, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Literary theory, Semiotics / semiology, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities