Close Reading without Readings: Essays on Shakespeare and Others

by Stephen Booth

Book Overview

Dealing mainly with the works of William Shakespeare, the essays in Close Readings without Readings reflect Stephen Booth's lifelong interest in uncovering the ways great literature works upon readers. As the book's title suggests, the author does not aim to create new or novel interpretations or to uncover the political agendas of literary works, but to notice language patterns--repetitions, analogies, correspondences, echoes, overtones--and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611478928
• ISBN13: 9781611478921
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"