Criticism and Truth : On Method in Literary Studies
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- London: The University of Chicago Press, 2023.
- 129p.
A defense and celebration of the discipline of literary studies and its most distinctive practice-close reading. Does literary criticism offer truths about the world? In Criticism and Truth, Jonathan Kramnick offers a new and surprising account of criticisms power by zeroing in on its singular method: close reading
Preface Introduction: Craft Knowledge Chapter 1: Method Talk Chapter 2: Close Reading Chapter 3: Skilled Practice Chapter 4: Interpretation and Creativity Chapter 5: Verification Coda: Public Criticism for a Public Humanities Acknowledgments Notes Index