1st Edition
Stylistics and Psychology Investigations of Foregrounding
By Willie Van Peer
Copyright 1986
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1986, Stylistics and Psychology is an empirical investigation into foregrounding.
The theory of foregrounding has received little in the way of empirical testing within the field of stylistics and literary criticism. The book engages extensively with the author’s own research involving psychological testing and provides a rigorous, scientific approach to stylistics. It... Read more
1: The Theory of Foregrounding: The State of the Art; 2: Design of Validation Procedures; 3: Analysis of the Poems and Predictions Made; 4: The Validity of Foregrounding; 5: Further Refinements: Design of Inductive Procedures; 6: Foregrounding in Text and Reader Response; 7: General Conclusions and Outlook; Bibliography
Biography
Willie van Peer
