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Synopsis
Offers critical and analytic strategies to enrich the activity of reading across a range of genres and periods, applicable equally to literary and non-literary texts. Imaginative exercises teach methods of analysing and interpreting texts.
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Review
Praise for the first edition:
'Ways of Reading is a valuable and immensely usable book ... more than fills a major gap.' – Literature & Language
'This is a clear and incisive introduction to main issues in the critical study of literature.' – Robin Jarvis, University of the West of England, UK
Synopsis
Ways of Reading answers the evident need to translate the new theoretical and analytic insights of modern critical and literary theory into practical methods of study. It offers: An indispensable compendium of critical and analytic stategies divided into units to guide the reader through different methods Practical exercises at the end of each unit which demonstrate the use of an interpretative technique, and give readers scope to extend their competence in applying it Methods and exercises that will enrich the activity of reading all texts - literary, verbal and visual - across a range of genres and periods. Fusing theory and application, Ways of Reading will be invaluable for students of English who wish to develop an awareness of reading as a broad and intricate process.
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