Key Terms in Stylistics
Published on 19. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8264-1948-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key terms, concepts and thinkers in stylistics. Stylistics is the study of the ways in which meaning is created and shaped through language, in literature and in other types of text. "Key Terms in Stylistics" provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of the field, along with sections that explain relevant terms, concepts and key thinkers, listed from A to Z. The book comprises entries on different stylistic approaches to text, including feminist, cognitive, corpus and multimodal stylistics. There is coverage of key thinkers and their work as well as on central terms and concepts. It ends with a comprehensive bibliography of Key Texts. The book is written in an accessible manner, explaining difficult concepts in an easy to understand way. It will appeal to both beginner and upper-level students working in the interface between language and linguistics. The "Key Terms" series offers undergraduate students clear, concise and accessible introductions to core topics. Each book includes a comprehensive overview of the key terms, concepts, thinkers and texts in the area covered and ends with a guide to further resources.
Reviews / Votes
Key Terms in Stylistics is a substantial, timely and much-needed contribution to the rapidly developing field of Stylistics. Charting the development of Stylistics from its inception to the present day, and covering the major themes, terms and concepts, this book is the key reference guide to modern Stylistics. One of the major accomplishments of the book is the way its authors manage to reign in the many diverse strands in contemporary stylistic analysis, from Feminist Stylistics to Cognitive Poetics, from Critical Stylistics to the Empirical Study of Literature, thereby creating a comprehensive and coherent overview of the present-day field. With full entries on the key terms and the major work in the area, this book is essential reading for anyone who wishes (or needs) to acquaint themselves with the character and practice of modern Stylistics. -- Professor Paul Simpson, Queen's University Belfast, UK Key Terms in Stylistics offers everything one should know about this flourishing discipline... The authors are extremely committed to providing the reader with a comprehensive overview of stylistics as a full-fletched academic discipline. Their writing is clear and concise and tries to include as many application examples as possible to make the field, its branches and concepts even more accessible for undergraduate students. -- Christine Goeb, University of Goettingen * Journal of Literary Theory *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-1948-4 (9780826419484)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Nina Norgaard | Beatrix Busse | Rocio Montoro
Key Terms in Stylistics
E-Book
08/2010
1st Edition
Continuum Publishing Corporation
€30.99
Available for download
Persons
Nina Norgaard is Associate Professor at the Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Beatrix Busse is Assistant Professor at Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Germany. Rocio Montoro is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Granada, Spain.
Content
1. Introduction; 2. Key Terms; 2.1 Branches of Stylistics; 2.2 Key Terms and Concepts; 3. Key Thinkers; 4. Key Texts; Index.