Stylistics Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. The Language and Literature Reader

   Edited by Ronald Carter, Peter Stockwell

   The Language and Literature Reader is an invaluable resource for students of English literature, language, and linguistics. Bringing together the most significant work in the field with integrated editorial material, this Reader is a structured and accessible tool for the student and scholar....

   Published April 6th 2008 by Routledge
6. Working with Texts

   A Core Introduction to Language Analysis

   By Ronald Carter, Angela Goddard, Danuta Reah, Keith Sanger, Nikki Swift

   Edited by Adrian Beard

   Series: Intertext

   Working with Texts is a well established textbook that introduces students to the main principles of language analysis, through contemporary text examples. Covering a wide range of language areas, the book uses an interactive, activity-based approach to support students' understanding of language...

   Published December 12th 2007 by Routledge
7. C. Language, Signs, Literature

   Edited by Terrence Hawkes

   These three volumes are part of the forty-one volume set New Accents. First launched in 1977, the New Accents series rapidly changed the face of literary studies. Its clear and concise volumes brought the latest in literary theory to students and academics and paved the way for undergraduate...

   Published January 30th 2007 by Routledge
8. Language in Theory

   A Resource Book for Students

   By Mark Robson, Peter Stockwell

   Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

   The Routledge English Language Introductions series provides a one-stop resource for students of all areas of language and linguistic study. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, books in the series offer activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings - all in the...

   Published February 3rd 2005 by Routledge
9. Stylistics

   A Resource Book for Students

   By Paul Simpson, Paul Simpson

   Series: Routledge English Language Introductions

   Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the Routledge English Language Introductions series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible 'two-dimensional'...

   Published May 19th 2004 by Routledge
10. How Texts Work

    By Adrian Beard

    Series: Routledge A Level English Guides

    How Texts Work: explores the ways in which we categorize texts reveals the limitations of some of the polarisations we use to categorize texts analyzes a wide variety of texts from a range of genres and periods, from Ibsen's A Doll's House to an 18-30s brochure, Internet chatrooms and...

    Published May 7th 2003 by Routledge