{"product_id":"readings-acts-of-close-reading-in-literary-theory-9780748613526","title":"Readings: Acts of Close Reading in Literary Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julian Wolfreys\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Books \u0026amp; Reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of short essays, \u003ci\u003eReadings\u003c\/i\u003e traces the consideration given to the act of close reading in literary criticism and theory over the last thirty years. Focusing on short passages from a number of critical works, including those by Barthes, Cixous, de Man, Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva, Lacan and J. Hillis Miller amongst others, the essays enact close readings of the trope of reading - its movements and performances in each of the passages in question - so as to offer a more detailed comprehension of the nature of reading, and the ways in which critical thinking has transformed our understanding of what it means to read. \u003ci\u003eReadings\u003c\/i\u003e addresses in a lively and engaging manner the varying rhythms and articulations made possible through the careful tracing of the process of critical reading which literary theory has made available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47781083381911,"sku":"9780748613526","price":5977.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780748613526.webp?v=1778050454","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/readings-acts-of-close-reading-in-literary-theory-9780748613526","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}