"If, like me, you feel the obsession with theory over the last forty years has caused many critics to lose sight of the primary purpose of criticism, Daniel Green’s splendid primer returns us to square one. In assured, lucid prose, Green reminds us that a literary work should be analyzed for its own sake, ‘apart from any value it might have as the object of some other discourse or inquiry,’ and that the focus should be on language, not on ‘meaning’ or ideology. For practicing critics, Beyond the Blurb is an excellent refresher course, and for everyone else, Daniel Green demonstrates how to enhance the reading experience."--STEVEN MOORE, AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY
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