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What makes a good essay about literature?

Additionally, does anyone know what are some 'must-read' essays on literature, or at least important essays to read on various literary works?

>> No.4276006

>What makes a good essay about literature?

Being concerned with literature as its subject matter.

>Additionally, does anyone know what are some 'must-read' essays on literature, or at least important essays to read on various literary works?

Yes.

>> No.4276011

>>4276006
OP was poorly phrased.
I'm looking for good essays to read about any specific text, and want to know what makes a good textual analysis.

>> No.4276239

buy a lit theory book, or a collection of essays if you're looking for stuff on a particular text.

>> No.4276246
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>>4276003

>> No.4276264

>>4276003
leo spitzers essays
motherfucking genette

>> No.4277456

>>4276006
>I'm a pedantic asshole who understood full well what OP meant and just wanted to be snobbish

>> No.4277488

>>4276246

James Wood is probably the best for OP. He's pretty simple (in a good way) and writes well, so he's a good way to introduce someone to criticism.

>> No.4277508

>>4277456
Guilty as changed. Still got him to apologize in his continued groveling for scraps of information, just through being an asshole. This is what /lit/ does to a person.

>> No.4277550

>>4276246
Yeah, this was a really useful intro for me. Wood wrote it with himself at 20 in mind. A time when he couldn't find the kind of literary "criticism" he was looking for. It's really reader-friendly and his passion for literature really shines through.