Mere Reading

I recall reading in college, some half a century ago, that the first Queen Elizabeth once represented herself to her people as "mere English." She meant that she was English pure and simple, nothing but English. I want to set out a way with books, primarily but not only those ranged under...

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Published in:Philosophy and literature 1996-10, Vol.20 (2), p.383-397
Main Author: Brann, Eva T. H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
English
Literature
Philosophy
Reading
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Summary:I recall reading in college, some half a century ago, that the first Queen Elizabeth once represented herself to her people as "mere English." She meant that she was English pure and simple, nothing but English. I want to set out a way with books, primarily but not only those ranged under "literature," that I think of as mere reading. Neither the phrase "mere reading" or "mere close reading" is new with me, nor is the mode, and I do not imagine myself on a lonely quest for some lost hermeneutic Eden.
ISSN:0190-0013
1086-329X
1086-329X
DOI:10.1353/phl.1996.0067