Stylistics Books

New and Published Books

1. Corpus Stylistics and Dickens’s Fiction

   By Michaela Mahlberg

   Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

   This book presents an innovative approach to the language of one of the most popular English authors. It illustrates how corpus linguistic methods can be employed to study electronic versions of texts by Charles Dickens. With particular focus on Dickens’s novels, the book proposes a way into the...

   Published October 31st 2012 by Routledge
2. The Pragmatics of Literary Testimony

   Authenticity Effects in German Social Autobiographies

   By Chantelle Warner

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics

   In this book, Warner examines a number of German-language literary autobiographies that are connected to diverse social movements of the last forty years. These books have all received critical attention from the popular press, topped bestseller lists, and have been pivotal in discussions of...

   Published August 7th 2012 by Routledge
3. New Perspectives on Narrative and Multimodality

   Edited by Ruth Page

   Series: Routledge Studies in Multimodality

   The contributors in this collection question what kinds of relationships hold between narrative studies and the recently established field of multimodality, evaluate how we might develop an analytical vocabulary which recognizes that stories do not consist of words alone, and demonstrate the...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
4. Postcolonial Audiences

   Readers, Viewers and Reception

   Edited by Bethan Benwell, James Procter, Gemma Robinson

   Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures

   Without readers and audiences, viewers and consumers, the postcolonial would be literally unthinkable. And yet, postcolonial critics have historically neglected the modes of reception and consumption that make up the politics, and pleasures of meaning-making during and after empire. Thus, while...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. Studying English Literature and Language

   An Introduction and Companion, 3rd Edition

   By Rob Pope

   Studying English Literature and Language is unique in offering both an introduction and a companion for students taking English Literature and Language degrees. Combining the functions of study guide, critical dictionary and text anthology, this is a freshly recast version of the highly acclaimed...

   Published January 19th 2012 by Routledge
6. Multimodality, Cognition, and Experimental Literature

   By Alison Gibbons

   Series: Routledge Studies in Multimodality

   Since the turn of the millennium, there has seen an increase in the inclusion of typography, graphics and illustration in fiction. This book engages with visual and multimodal devices in twenty-first century literature, exploring canonical authors like Mark Z. Danielewski and Jonathan Safran Foer...

   Published October 24th 2011 by Routledge
7. Corpus Stylistics

   Speech, Writing and Thought Presentation in a Corpus of English Writing

   By Elena Semino, Mick Short

   Series: Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

   This book combines stylistic analysis with corpus linguistics to present an innovative account of the phenomenon of speech, writing and thought presentation - commonly referred to as 'speech reporting' or 'discourse presentation'.This new account is based on an extensive analysis of a...

   Published September 14th 2011 by Routledge
8. Beyond Cognitive Metaphor Theory

   Perspectives on Literary Metaphor

   Edited by Monika Fludernik

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics

   In this innovative collection, an international group of scholars come together to discuss literary metaphors and cognitive metaphor theory. The volume's goals are three-fold. The first aim of the book is to present some recent approaches to metaphor which have no immediate connection with...

   Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge
9. Language, Ideology and Identity in Serial Killer Narratives

   By Christiana Gregoriou

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics

   In this book, Gregoriou explores the portrayal of the serial killer identity and its related ideology across a range of contemporary crime narratives, including detective fiction, the true crime genre and media journalism. How exactly is the serial killer consciousness portrayed, how is the killing...

   Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge
10. Cognitive Poetics and Cultural Memory

    Russian Literary Mnemonics

    By Mikhail Gronas

    Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

    In this volume, Gronas addresses the full range of psychological, social, and historical issues that bear on the mnemonic existence of modern literary works, particularly Russian literature. He focuses on the mnemonic processes involved in literary creativity, and the question of how our memories...

    Published October 5th 2010 by Routledge