Readings: Acts of Close Reading in Literary Theory

by Julian Wolfreys

Through a series of short essays, Readings 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748613528
• ISBN13: 9780748613526
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"