close-reading

Now on tour under the Bad Book Club mantle, he'll be unleashing his forensic close-reading skills and worldbeating sarcasm on a grateful public once again.

This week's new comedy James Kettle 2010

I don't take issue with the free-association — I love a good far-out close-reading interpretation — but I think there's an uncanny-valley sort of boundary that needs to be acknowledged when the interpretation gets this far-out: some admission that the proposed framework is largely an exercise in intellectual playfulness.

They built you a temple, and locked you away Matthew Guerrieri 2009

Davis would continue his close-reading act, and after the witness had squirmed alone on the stand for longer than he could bear, Davis would return.

CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

Next up, a Kevin Geeks Out favorite -- Professor Geoff Klock did a close-reading on a single issue of the Justice League Comic Book that centered around Gorilla Grodd.

Archive 2010-03-01 Kevin Maher 2010

Next up, a Kevin Geeks Out favorite -- Professor Geoff Klock did a close-reading on a single issue of the Justice League Comic Book that centered around Gorilla Grodd.

Kevin Geeks Out About Monkeys (a recap) Kevin Maher 2010

Davis would continue his close-reading act, and after the witness had squirmed alone on the stand for longer than he could bear, Davis would return.

CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

Heaven, our close-listening (one form of close-reading) is, by multiple Romantic routes, a heritage of

Sounding Romantic: The Sound of Sound 2008

Davis would continue his close-reading act, and after the witness had squirmed alone on the stand for longer than he could bear, Davis would return.

CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

In addition to his customary close-reading, I enjoyed his comparisons of Powers to both Musil and “101 Dalmations,” as well as the “bullshit detector” line.

Wooden Disposition : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2009

Amazing how much more diligent they become in their close-reading after that.

Archive 2008-09-01 Flavia 2008