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Routledge Engagements with Close Reading - Literary Theory Book

Name: Routledge Engagements with Close Reading - Literary Theory Book
Brand: Routledge
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Explore the complexities of literary analysis with Engagements with Close Reading from Routledge. This book addresses fundamental questions about how we interact with a text. Should a reader become immersed in a poem or objectively dissect a novel? Is a literary work a source of wisdom or an object to be interrogated? This text helps navigate these questions by looking at how prominent critics approach the task of reading. By balancing foundational topics with new developments, this book provides an accessible introduction to various methods of literary study. It examines whether to treat a text as an historical artifact or to focus on its aesthetic qualities. This resource is designed to help students learn different methods for close reading and understanding the diverse ways scholars engage with literature.

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Provides an accessible introduction to how prominent critics approach the task of literary reading.

Balances foundational topics with new developments in the field of literary studies.

Explores different methods for close reading to help students improve their analytical skills.

Examines the debate between viewing literature as a source of knowledge versus an object for interrogation.

Covers diverse perspectives on whether to treat texts as historical artifacts or aesthetic objects.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0415748011
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 19 October 2015
Listed Since: 15 April 2015

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