Literary Criticism and the Craft of Reading
Jonathan Kramnick’s book Criticism and Truth is more modest than its title suggests. Essentially an apologia for the nuts-and-bolts work of literary studies, it is best described not as “ambitious” — although it is that — but “dignified.” At the level of the sentence and the whole, Kramnick knows when to stop talking. As he notes in his preface, this brevity is strategic: “The urgency of the moment calls for something brief and sharp and portable.” And unlike Roland Barthes’s 1966 book by the same name (in French, We are unable to fully display the content of this page. The most likely cause of this is a content blocker on your computer or network. Please allow access to our site, and then refresh this page. You may then be asked to log in, create an account if you don't already have one, or subscribe. If you continue to experience issues, please contact us at 202-466-1032 or help@chronicle.com J onathan Kramnick’s book Criticism and Truth is more modest than it
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