John Guillory

'On Close Reading'

Bog | Engelsk

John Guillory considers close reading within the larger history of reading and writing as cultural techniques. At a time of debate about the future of English as a discipline and the fundamental methods of literary study, few terms appear more frequently

'Professing Criticism'

Bog | Engelsk

A sociological history of literary studyboth as a discipline and as a profession. As the humanities in higher education struggle with a labor crisis and with declining enrollments, the travails of literary study are especially profound.No scholar has ana