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Close Reading: The Basics

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Close Reading: The Basics

By David Greenham

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About the book

Close reading is the most essential skill that literature students continue to develop across the full length of their studies. This book is the ideal guide to the practice, providing a methodology that can be used for poetry, novels, drama, and beyond. Using classic works of literature, such as Hamlet and The Great Gatsby as case studies, David Greenham presents a unique, contextual approach to close reading, while addressing key questions such as:What is close reading?What is the importance of...Show more

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ISBN

9781138562196

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2018

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Close Reading: The Basics

Format

Hardcover

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