How Texts Work (Routledge A Level English Guides)

Beard, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0415286352 / ISBN 13: 9780415286350

Published by Routledge, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How Texts Work (Routledge A Level English Guides)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415286352
• ISBN 13: 9780415286350
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1754858104.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: 47049625
• Signed: 8/10/2025 8:35:04 PM
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Synopsis

How Texts Work:

• explores the ways in which we categorize texts
• reveals the limitations of some of the polarisations we use to categorize texts
• analyzes a wide variety of texts from a range of genres and periods, from Ibsen's A Doll's House to an 18-30s brochure, Internet chatrooms and George Bush's September 11 speech
• offers a step-by-step guide to approaching texts and structuring a response
• can be used as both a course stimulus and a revision tool.

Written by an experienced teacher, author and AS and A2 level examiner, How Texts Work is an essential resource for all students of AS and A2 level English Language, English Literature, and English Language and Literature.

About the Author

Adrian Beard was until recently Head of English at Gosforth High School, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, and now works at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. He is a Chief Examiner for AS/A Level English Literature.