TY - BOOK AU - Simpson,Paul TI - Stylistics: a resource book for students T2 - Routledge English language introductions SN - 0415281040 AV - PE1421 .S55 2004 U1 - 808 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - English language KW - Style KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Rhetoric KW - Creative writing KW - Literary style N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-242) and index; A; Introduction : key concepts in stylistics --; 1; What is stylistics? --; 2; Stylistics and levels of language --; 3; Grammar and style --; 4; Rhythm and metre --; 5; Narrative stylistics --; 6; Style as choice --; 7; Style and point of view --; 8; Representing speech and thought --; 9; Dialogue and discourse --; 10; Cognitive stylistics --; 11; Metaphor and metonymy --; 12; Stylistics and verbal humour --; B; Development : doing stylistics --; 1; Developments in stylistics --; 2; Levels of language at work : an example from poetry --; 3; Sentence styles : development and illustration --; 4; Interpreting patterns of sound --; 5; Developments in structural narratology --; 6; Style and transitivity --; 7; Approaches to point of view --; 8; Techniques of speech and thought presentation --; 9; Dialogue in drama --; 10; Developments in cognitive stylistics --; 11; Styles of metaphor --; C; Exploration : investigating style --; 1; Is there a "literary language"? --; 2; Style, register and dialect --; 3; Grammar and genre: a short study in Imagism --; 4; Styles in a single poem : an exploration --; 5; A sociolinguistic model of narrative --; 6; Transitivity, characterisation and literary genre --; 7; Exploring point of view in narrative fiction --; 8; A workshop on speech and thought presentation --; 9; Exploring dialogue --; 10; Cognitive stylistics at work --; 11; Exploring metaphors in different kinds of texts --; 12; Extension : readings in stylistics --; How to use these readings --; 1; Language and literature; Roger Fowler and F. W. Bateson --; 2; Style and verbal play; Katie Wales --; 3; Teaching grammar and style; Ronald Carter --; 4; Sound, style and onomatopoeia; Derek Attridge --; 5; Style variation in narrative; Mick Short --; 6; Transitivity at work; Deirdre Burton --; 7; Point of view --; 8; Speech and thought presentation --; 9; Literature as discourse : the literary speech situation; Mary Louise Pratt --; 10; Cognitive stylistics : the poetry of Emily Dickinson; Margaret Freeman --; 11; Cognitive stylistics and the theory of metaphor; Peter Stockwell --; 12; Style and verbal humour; Walter Nash N2 - "Stylistics: is a comprehensive introduction to literary stylistics. The book covers the core areas, including register, dialect, vocabulary, grammar, sound and rhythm, speech and thought, narrative, dialogue, metaphor and meaning. The author draws on a range of literary texts, from Ernest Hemingway and D.H. Lawrence to Sylvia Plath, Roger McGough and Irvine Welsh. Also provided are classic readings by the key names in the discipline, including Derek Attridge, Ronald Carter and Walter Nash, Roger Fowler and Mick Short."--Publisher description ER -