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. Ways of Reading continues to be the core resource for students of English Language and Literature.

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 

Martin Montgomery is Head of the Department of English at the University of Macau. He is the author of An Introduction to Language and Society (Routledge, 1995) and is a contributor to several books and journals.

Alan Durant is Professor of Communication at Middlesex University, UK. His books include Meaning in the Media: Discourse, Controversy and Debate (2010), Language and Media (co-written with Marina Lambrou, Routledge, 2009), How to Write Essays and Dissertations: A Guide for English Literature Students (co-written with Nigel Fabb, 2006).

Tom Furniss is Senior Lecturer in English Studies at the University of Strathclyde, UK. His books include Reading Poetry: An Introduction 2nd edition (co-written with Michael Bath, 2007).

Sara Mills is Professor in the Department of English Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Her books include Language, Gender and Feminism (2011) Feminist Stylistics (1995), and Discourse (1997), all published by Routledge.

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