Close reading is simply “a technique of reading that makes an account of the reading process the basis for interpretation.” Books & the Arts / By transforming quotations into evidence, close reading ...

The invention of close reading. By transforming quotations into evidence, close reading served as way to turn postwar criticism into a specialized knowledge. But what if we treated it more as an art ...

Hollowed out. That’s how I frequently described West Virginia University during the nine years I worked there before leaving this summer. There was a library, but it bought fewer and fewer books. The ...