Style in fiction : a linguistic introduction to English fictional prose
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Style in fiction : a linguistic introduction to English fictional prose
(English language series, 13)
Longman, 1981
- : pbk
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Includes bibliography (p. [382]-393) and indexes
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Description
Describes the ways in which the techniques of linguistic analysis and literary criticism can be combined, and illuminated, through the linguistic study of literary style, and draws on the prose fiction of the last 150 years to demonstrate the approach.
Table of Contents
"Foreword Introduction" PART I: APPROACHES AND METHODS 1. Style and choice 2. Style, Text and Frequency 3. A Method of Analysis and Some Examples 4. Levels of Style PART II: ASPECTS OF STYLE 5. Language and the Fictional World 6. Mind Style 7. The Rhetoric of Text 8. Discourse and Discourse Situation 9. Conversation in the Novel 10. Speech and Thought Presentation "Passages and topics for further study Further reading Bibliography Index of works discussed General Index"
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