Narrative Retellings

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Narrative Retellings represents an innovative and compelling addition to the field of stylistics. By systematically exploring how retellings are shaped by both the production and reception of texts, the chapters offer robust and illuminating analyses of fiction, non-fiction, and the ambiguities that lie between. The volume illustrates the richness and diversity of contemporary stylistics, offering rigorous investigations into a range of retellings across media. * Alice Bell, Professor of English Language and Literature, Sheffield Hallam University, UK * This important and compelling new collection offers an array of exciting stylistic analyses of both fictional and non-fictional narratives. Written by a team of well-known international researchers, the essays which comprise this volume mark a significant contribution to the field of narrative stylistics. More particularly, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the stylistic characteristics and implications of how stories are told and retold. * Paul Simpson, The Baines Professor of English Language, Liverpool University, UK * This original volume offers a transparent exposition of narrative retellings across a wide range of textual modes, mediums and genres. It is a meticulously cultured work and is a must read for anyone interested in the emergent insights that can be apprehended at the crossroads of stylistics and narrative study. * Michael Burke, Professor of Rhetoric, University College Roosevelt, Utrecht University, Netherlands *