Criticism and Truth

Critical Inquiry 47 (2):218-240 (2021)
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This essay makes a case for the truth claims of literary criticism by examining the epistemology of close reading. It looks closely at skilled practices of quotation and asks what distinctive kind of knowledge they exhibit and create.

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Jonathan Kramnick
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