{"product_id":"how-to-read-texts-9781441190666","title":"How to Read Texts","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read Texts \u003c\/i\u003eis filled with a passion for reading and for authorship. Lively and approachable, this is a great book for anyone interested in how we approach the texts we encounter in our lives. -- Professor Graeme Harper, Bangor University, UK\u003cbr\u003eNeil McCaw's \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Texts: A Student Guide to Critical Approaches and Skills\u003c\/i\u003e offers an invaluable and expansive introduction to the often vexing worlds of avant-garde critical theory and literary interpretation. Yet even more significantly, McCaw challenges us to discover our own critical voices, to seek out brave new textual frontiers of our own making, and to think creatively about the nature and direction of our reading experiences. Suitable for academic and general readers alike, \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Texts\u003c\/i\u003e affords us with the attendant tools and historical background for unlocking and appreciating the rich texts that mark our lives. -- Kenneth Womack, Penn State Altoona, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read Texts \u003c\/i\u003ewill encourage both students - and, as importantly, their teachers - to re-think the very basics of reading and analysing texts. -- Peter Dempsey, Department of English, University of Sunderland, UK\u003cbr\u003eWith a solid set of appendixes and an index, \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Texts\u003c\/i\u003e is enthusiastically recommended for those facing a tough pile of books in their future. -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review (Wisconsin Bookwatch) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Read Texts: A Student Guide to Critical Approaches and Skills\u003c\/i\u003e offers high school and college-level students a fine survey of critical theory paired with exercises and checklists to help students in their own readings of primary and secondary texts. Students learn how to gain confidence in their skills and learn the methods of recognizing and challenging assumptions in this fine survey of critical thinking skills. -- James A. Cox * Midwest Book Review (California Bookwatch) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. What is a Text and What Do We Do With It? \u003c\/b\u003e Thinking about texts  Texts in the digital age  Terminology and differences  Levels of reading  Theories of reading  \u003cb\u003e2. Creative Reading \u003c\/b\u003e What is criticism?  What is creativity?  Being critical and creative  Reading as a critic vs. reading as a writer  Creativity and\/as research  \u003cb\u003e3. Close Reading\u003c\/b\u003e The history of close reading The benefits of close reading The problems with close reading  New ways of applying close-reading-skills Researching texts close-up  \u003cb\u003e4. Biography and Authorship\u003c\/b\u003e The role of the author The significance of biography Life-writing The limitations of author-centred approaches Researching authors  \u003cb\u003e5. History and Contexts\u003c\/b\u003e How history fits in  Other types of context A critique of historical reading The strengths of historical reading Researching contexts  \u003cb\u003e6. Reading Theoretically\u003c\/b\u003e What is theory? The origins of theory The impact of theory  The achievements of theory  After theory   Conclusion: Reading Now!  Notes  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039846826327,"sku":"9781441190666","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781441190666.jpg?v=1750945036","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-to-read-texts-9781441190666","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}