How to Read Texts (Paperback)

We have probably all experienced many occasions when, on returning to a piece of writing that we really, REALLY thought was our best work ever we realize that whilst we have been away some unscrupulous vandal has rewritten all of our glorious words and made them seem clumsy, awkward, stumbling, perhaps even barely comprehensible. I have that experience frequently.
So, one of the main delights of being asked to write a revised edition of How to Read Texts has been the chance to rewrite, correct, improve etc. all those things that I noticed aren't quite as I would have liked in the first edition. In particular, I have welcomed the opportunity to further think through my ideas on reading in light of recent critical and academic developments and also my own experience of teaching actual students. Consequently, all of the chapters have been significantly revised and reorganized, and new sections and chapters have been added to sharpen the focus. In particular: