How Texts Work

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.

• List of figures, Preface, Acknowledgements, 1. Reality and Representation, 2. Degrees of Planning, 3. Textual Purposes, 4. Public and Private Contexts, 5. Formality and Informality, 6. Literary and Non-Literary Aspects, Non-literary/literary texts: are they completely different?, Value terms, Suggestions for answer, References, Glossary

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