Dan Sinykin

Dan Sinykin is an associate professor of English at Emory University. He is the author of Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing and co-editor, with Johanna Winant, of Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century.

The Invention of Close Reading

The Invention of Close Reading The Invention of Close Reading

By transforming quotations into evidence, close reading served as way to turn postwar criticism into a specialized knowledge. But what if we treated it more as an art form?

May 12, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Dan Sinykin

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