Linguistic Criticism

Linguistic Criticism introduces the reader to the benefits of applying precise analytical methods to the criticism of texts. Roger Fowler sets out clearly and simply a variety of analytical techniques which he applies to a wide range of texts drawn from fiction, poetry, and drama. He concentrates on structures which relate literature to ordinary language, stressing the importance of the reader's every-day language skills.

This second edition gives expanded sections dealing with the role of the reader in literary criticism, and includes more twentieth-century texts and examples for analysis and discussion.