Nigel Fabb is Professor of Literary Linguistics, an editor of Journal of Linguistics, and Head of the Department of English Studies at University of Strathclyde. Alan Durant is Professor of English Studies at Middlesex University London; formerly head of the School of English, Cultural and Communication Studies at Middlesex and  Head of English at Goldsmiths College, University of London. ... Read moreThis is their third book for literature students and between them they have written ten books on literature and linguistics.  Their most recent successful textbook is Ways of Reading (Routledge, 3rd edition).  Show Less