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Author:   Martin Montgomery ,  Alan Durant ,  Nigel Fabb ,  Tom Furniss
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   3rd New edition
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780415346344

ISBN 10:   0415346347
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   24 November 2006
Audience:   Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  College/higher education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780415677479
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Basic Techniques and Problem Solving Unit 1: Asking Questions for Ways of Reading Unit 2: Using Information Sources Unit 3: Analysing Units of Structure Unit 4: Recognising Genre Section 2: Language Variation Unit 5: Language and Time Unit 6: Language and Place Unit 7: Language and Context: Register Unit 8: Language and Gender Unit 9: Language and Society Section 3: Attributing Meaning Unit 10: Metaphor Unit 11: Irony Unit 12: Juxtaposition Unit 13: Intertextuality and Allusion Unit 14: Authorship and Intention Unit 15: Positioning the Reader or Spectator Section 4: Poetic Form Unit 16: Rhyme and Sound Patterning Unit 17: Verse, Metre and Rhythm Unit 18: Parallelism Unit 19: Deviation Section 5: Narrative Unit 20: Narrative Unit 21: Narrative Point of View Unit 22: Speech and Narration Unit 23: Narrative Realism Section 6: Media - from Text to Performance Unit 24: Film and Prose Fiction Unit 25: Ways of Reading Drama Unit 26: Literature in Performance Glossary

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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

Author Information

Martin Montgomery is Director of the Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies; Nigel Fabb is Director of the Programme in Literary Linguistics; and Tom Furniss is Senior Lecturer in English Studies, all at the University of Strathclyde. Alan Durant is Professor of Communication Studies at Middlesex University; and Sara Mills is Professor in the Department of English Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. The authors have written and edited numerous books on linguistics, communication studies, study skills, literary theory and cultural studies.

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