Close Reading as Attentional Practice
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
139952111X
ISBN-13
9781399521116
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 30th, 2025
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
530 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 24.40 x 1.90 cms
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Literary theoryLiterary studies: generalCultural studiesCultural studies
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The first cross-historical study of the relationship between methods of close reading and discourses on attention.
Modernity of the digital age is beset by accusations that we are more distracted than ever, and that attention spans have become problematically compressed. It is an important moment, then, to explore the capacity of the tools of ‘close reading’ offered by our humanities disciplines to help develop and enable self-reflexivity around our attentional practices. These practices did not begin with the famous proponents of the early twentieth century but have been in formation since at least the Middle Ages. Exploring examples from the twelfth to the twentieth century, this book explores how methods of reading closely have been tools over the centuries for changing or challenging attentional habits and therefore changing the way the world is experienced.
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