| Description |
ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Basic techniques and problem-solving -- 1.Asking questions as a way into reading -- 2.Using information sources -- 3.Analysing units of structure -- 4.Recognizing genre -- Section 2 Language variation -- 5.Language and time -- 6.Language and place -- 7.Language and context: register -- 8.Language and gender -- 9.Language and society -- Section 3 Attributing meaning -- 10.Metaphor and figurative language -- 11.Irony -- 12.Juxtaposition -- 13.Allusion and intertextuality -- 14.Authorship and intention -- 15.Mode of address: positioning the reader -- Section 4 Poetic form -- 16.Rhyme and sound patterning -- 17.Verse, metre and rhythm -- 18.Parallelism -- 19.Deviation -- Section 5 Narrative -- 20.Narrative -- 21.Narrative point of view -- 22.Speech and narration -- 23.Narrative realism -- Section 6 Drama and performance -- 24.Ways of reading drama -- 25.Performance and the page |
| Summary |
Ways of Reading is a best-selling textbook for undergraduate students of English Language and English Literature, providing readers with the tools to analyse and interpret the meanings of literary and non-literary texts. Six sections, comprising twenty five self-contained units, cover: techniques of analysis and problem-solving language variation attributing meaning poetic uses of language narrative drama and performance texts The book combines the linguistic and literary background to each topic with discussion of examples from books, poems, magazines and online sources, and links those examples to follow-up practical activities and a list of titles for further reading. This fourth edition has been redesigned and updated throughout, with many fresh examples and exercises. Further reading suggestions have been brought up to date and new material on electronic sources and the Internet has been integrated. -- publisher |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
English literature -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Books and reading.
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College readers.
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English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
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Reading (Higher education)
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Reading comprehension.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Problems and exercises.
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| Author |
Montgomery, Martin.
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| LC no. |
2012009855 |
| ISBN |
9780415677486 |
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0415677483 |
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9780415677479 (paperback) |
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0415677475 (paperback) |
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