Description
This Bloomsbury Companion provides an overview of stylistics with a detailed outline of the scope and history of the discipline, as well as its key areas of research.
The main research methods and approaches within the field are presented with a detailed overview and then illustrated with a chapter of unique new research by a leading scholar in the field. The Companion also features in-depth explorations of current research areas in stylistics in the form of new studies by established researchers in the field. The broad interdisciplinary scope of stylistics is reflected in the wide array of approaches taken to the linguistic study of texts drawing on traditions from linguistics, literary theory, literary criticism, critical theory and narratology, and in the diverse group of internationally recognised contributors.
The definitive state-of-the art resource for stylistics, providing a guide for students and researchers in the field.
About the Author
Violeta Sotirova is a Lecturer in Stylistics at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Reviews
With its historical emphasis, comprehensive coverage of some spheres, and innovative exploration of various issues, The Bloomsbury Companion to Stylistics, the first companion in the field, constitutes an important contribution to this interdiscipline, which is developing with new impetus in the twenty-first century. -- Style
Book Information
ISBN 9781350079441
Author Dr Violeta Sotirova
Format Paperback
Page Count 744
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 1098g
