tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post1593407305478242869..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: The Rise of Surface ReadingBill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-81041813031446294982015-01-07T14:46:05.546-05:002015-01-07T14:46:05.546-05:00No, in my experience, deep readers don't pay a...No, in my experience, deep readers don't pay all that much attention to the surface, which tends to be much richer than anything that shows up in deep readings. And all too often what's seen in the depths is what the deep reader puts there.<br /><br />But then, I'm not much interested in reading at all. I want to describe. There's a difference. To be a bit polemical, I don't Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-38125378000550884112015-01-07T12:19:12.237-05:002015-01-07T12:19:12.237-05:00The point is that to read the surface right, you&#...The point is that to read the surface right, you've got to understand what's under the surface... Hemingway said something t that effect. It reminds me too of the Protestant return to the literal meaning of the Bible. Surely it's a pity to lose sight of all those moral, allegorical, and anagogic meanings, and of all the ingenuity that went into them? Because a deep reader has got to JoseAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498383812404763792noreply@blogger.com