On Close Reading Medicolegal issues Hoodoo is a folklore tradition

Hoodoo is a folklore tradition that was created by and for enslaved African Americans in the southern United States

across branches of government

masterfully translated into English for the first time

medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages

On Close Reading Medicolegal issues Hoodoo is a folklore traditionJohn Guillory considers close reading within the larger history of reading and writing as cultural techniques. At a time of debate about the future of "English" as a discipline and the fundamental methods of literary study, few terms appear more frequently than "close reading," now widely regarded as the core practice of literary study. But what exactly is close reading, and where did it come from? Here John Guillory, author of the acclaimed