Introduction

Debates about the nature and purpose of English Studies have been commonplace since the 1960s and have led to important advances in our ways of understanding the subject. These debates have often been conducted in terms of theoretical critique and analysis; but, alongside such critique, and in the wake of it, there is an important need for materials that can help translate theoretical and analytic insights into practical methods of study, especially for students in the earlier stages of their work. Ways of Reading is designed to provide such materials.