A review by gregory_glover
On Close Reading by John Guillory

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

As a Biblical Studies Ph.D., close reading as a practice (technique) akin to exegesis is a welcome analogy.  Guillory does an excellent job laying out the history of the development of the bigram and showing its relationship to other forms of literary criticism (e.g., New Historicism, which is something akin to the old “historical criticism “ in biblical studies).  I am sure to return to it again and again, and to mine the very helpful annotated bibliography provided by Newstock.  I hope to provide an extended review later this year.