TY - BOOK AU - Kramnick, Jonathan TI - Criticism and Truth : On Method in Literary Studies SN - 9780226830537 U1 - 801.95 PY - 2023/// CY - London PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Literary Criticism N1 - 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 ER -