Contemporary Stylistics

by Marina Lambrou (Editor), Peter Stockwell (Editor)

Overview

Written by internationally renowned researchers in stylistics, this volume of twenty chapters aims to provide a snapshot of current research and innovations in the field of stylistics. "Contemporary Stylistics" presents a comprehensive survey of the current state of the integrated study of language and literature. Written by internationally renowned researchers in stylistics, this volume provides a showcase for the range of approaches and practices which form modern stylistics: from cognitive poetics to corpus linguistics, from explorations of mind-style and spoken discourse in narrative to the workings of viewpoint in lyric poetry, from word-meanings to the meanings and emotions of literary worlds, and more. Each chapter is introduced and set in context by a key figure in stylistics. The book represents the best of current stylistics practice, including the traditions, roots and rigour of the discipline. This one volume reference will be invaluable to students and researchers in stylistics. "The Contemporary Studies in Linguistics" series presents a snapshot of the current research being undertaken in the core areas of linguistics. Written by internationally renowned linguists, the volumes provide a selection of the best scholarship in each area. Each of the chapters appears on the basis of its importance to the field, but also with regards to its wider significance either in terms of methodology, practical application or conclusions. The result is a stimulating contemporary snapshot of the field and a vibrant reader for each of the areas covered the in series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441183842
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/21/2010
Series:	Contemporary Studies in Linguistics
Pages:	287
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Marina Lambrou is Principle Lecturer in English Language and Communication at Kingston University. Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK

Table of Contents

Introduction: The State of Contemporary Stylistics, Marina Lambrou (University of East London, UK) and Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham, UK)I: Stylistics of Prose1.Woolf's Experiments with Consciousness in Fiction, Violeta Sotirova (University of Nottingham, UK)Introduced by Lesley Jeffries (University of Huddersfield, UK)2.A Corpus Stylistic Perspective on Dickens' Great Expectations, Michaela Mahlberg (University of Liverpool, UK)Introduced by Michael McCarthy (University of Nottingham, UK)3.The Stylistics of True Crime: Mapping the Minds of Serial Killers, Christiana Gregoriou (University of Leeds, UK)Introduced by Urszula Clark (Aston University, UK)4.‘Do you want to hear about it?' Exploring Possible Worlds in Michael Joyce's Hyperfiction, afternoon, a story, Alice Bell (Sheffield Hallam, UK)Introduced by Brian McHale 5.The Effects of Free Indirect Discourse: Empathy Revisited, Joe Bray (University of Sheffield, UK)Introduced by Geoff Hall (University of Swansea, UK)6.The Stylistics of Cappuccino Fiction: A Socio-Cognitive Perspective, Rocio Montoro (University of Huddersfield, UK)Introduced by Imelda Whelehan (De Montfort University, UK)7.Attribution Theory: Action and Emotion in Dickens and Pynchon, Alan Palmer Introduced by Elena Semino (University of Lancaster, UK)8.Bridget Jones's Diary and Feminist Narratology, Ruth Page (Birmingham City University, UK)Introduced by Sara Mills (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)9.Schema Poetics and Crossover Fiction,Clare Walsh (De Monfort University, UK)Introduced by John McRae (University of Nottingham, UK)10.Deixis, Cognition and the Construction of Viewpoint, Dan McIntyre (University of Huddersfield, UK)Introduced by Paul Simpson (Queen's University Belfast, Ireland)II: Stylistics of Poetry11.‘And everyone and I stopped breathing': Familiarity and Ambiguity in the Text-World of ‘The Day Lady Died', Joanna Gavins (University of Sheffield, UK)Introduced by Catherine Emmott (University of Glasgow, Scotland)12.‘Progress is a comfortable disease': Cognition in a Stylistic Analysis of e.e. cummings, Michael Burke (Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, USA)Introduced by Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham, UK)13.Megametaphorical Mappings and the Landscapes of Canadian Poetry, Ernestine Lahey (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)Introduced by Peter Verdonk (Emeritus, University of Leeds, UK)14.Perception and the Lyric: The Emerging Mind of the Poem, Sharon Lattig (City University, New York, USA)Introduced by Alan Durant (Middlesex University, UK)15. Deviant Collocation in Literature as a Tool for Vocabulary Expansion, Dany Badran (Notre Dame University, Lebanon)Introduced by Ron Carter (University of Nottingham, UK)III:Stylistics of Dialogue and Drama
16.Oral Accounts of Personal Experiences: When is a Narrative a Recount? Marina Lambrou (University of East London, UK)
Introduced by David Herman17.‘Never a truer word said in jest': A Pragmastylistic Analysis of Impoliteness as Banter in Henry IV, Part I, Derek Bousfield (University of Huddersfield, UK)Introduced by Billy Clark (Middlesex University, UK)18. The Cognitive Rhetoric of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Craig Hamilton (University of California, USA)Introduced by Peter Crisp 19. The Stylistics of Drama: The Reign of King Edward III, Beatrix Busse (University of Berne, Switzerland)Introduced by Monika Fludernik (Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg) 20.Computer-Assisted Literary Stylistics: The State of the Field, Dawn Archer (University of Central Lancashire, UK)Introduced by Jonathan Culpeper (University of Lancaster, UK)References Index

Editorial Reviews

'This is a lively selection of contributions, on a wide range of texts (fiction, plays, and poetry) and drawing on a remarkable diversity of theoretical commitments, from twenty of the most talented newer or younger academics engaged in language-oriented analyses of literature. Each essay in turn is usefully introduced by an established academic in the same field. This format, in which an older author sponsors a newer one while being given the chance to point out differences of view, lends both a gracious formality and a spirit of collegial dialogism to the collection. For anyone who wants to see what issues and arguments fascinate and inspire some of the exciting new generation of stylisticians, this is an excellent place to look.'--Sanford Lakoff

"The range of texts analysed is excellent, from Dickens to Bridget Jones, and unlike many edited collections in stylistics, the essays do not just analyse novels or poetry; there is a good spread here across literary genres. The chapters give a real insight into the richness of approaches available today within stylistics research; this book should be required reading on many literary linguistics courses."--Sanford Lakoff

This project is successful because of several qualities and strengths [including]... the editors' scholarly expertise and proficient management... the cohesive internal structure of the individually-authored chapters... the broadness of genre range and the richness of texts analysed.--Sanford Lakoff

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