Ways of Reading

by Martin Montgomery, Alan Durant, Tom Furniss

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, 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Books About Books, Writing, English Literature, Academic, Linguistics

384 pages, Paperback

First published July 23, 1992

About the author

Martin Montgomery is Emeritus Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Macau, China, where he was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Head of the Departments of English and of Communication. He is also Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, UK, where he served as Head of the Department of English Studies and Director of the Scottish Centre for Journalism Studies.

Reviews

[Brigi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an all right book, nothing exceptional. I did learn a few things, though, or remembered some things that I learned in high school (I haven't studied poetry since 9th or 10th grade). The most interesting chapter, that was completely new to me, was Language and Gender, because it tackled feminist issues as well. I also liked the chapter on film.

[Venla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for my English literature translator- program's entrance exams and it wasn't easy because although I've read English,spoke English and written English half of my life, I still couldn't understand some points of the text due to unknown words that I've never heard before. But, I just googled the words through online translators and then underlined bits of important text so it went into my head easier. I liked the book anyway, it was interesting.

[Satvik Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

A range of ideas(accumulated by varied reading of texts by author) in one short handbook. Basic and yet quite diverse. As the name suggests It teaches - how to read Setting/language/narrative/metaphors/intertextuality/drama/films/novels etc

[David Lai · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent whistle-stop tour of some themes in the study of literature -- fiction and poetry. The short chapters made this readable, though obviously only the bare bones of each topic were presented. I could have done without the references to story-telling in film.

[Dora · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great book for understanding the basics of literature and raising awareness of the reading process.

[Levine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good book!