The Cambridge Handbook of Stylistics

This accessible and authoritative guide to the theory and practice of stylistics encompasses both traditional textual analysis and recent innovations.

Peter Stockwell (Edited by), Sara Whiteley (Edited by)

9781107028876, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 May 2014

690 pages, 53 b/w illus. 14 tables
24.9 x 17 x 4.3 cm, 1.38 kg

'A much-needed, rigorous and integrative account of style. Comprehensively demonstrates the textual, critical and cultural analysis of creativity in language and literature.' Nikolas Coupland, Copenhagen University and University of Technology, Sydney

Stylistics has become the most common name for a discipline which at various times has been termed 'literary linguistics', 'rhetoric', 'poetics', 'literary philology' and 'close textual reading'. This Handbook is the definitive account of the field, drawing on linguistics and related subject areas such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, educational pedagogy, computational methods, literary criticism and critical theory. Placing stylistics in its intellectual and international context, each chapter includes a detailed illustrative example and case study of stylistic practice, with arguments and methods open to examination, replication and constructive critical discussion. As an accessible guide to the theory and practice of stylistics, it will equip the reader with a clear understanding of the ethos and principles of the discipline, as well as with the capacity and confidence to engage in stylistic analysis.

1. The handbook of stylistics: introduction Peter Stockwell and Sara Whiteley
Part I. The Discipline of Stylistics: 2. The theory and philosophy of stylistics Michael Toolan
3. The stylistic tool-kit: methods and sub-disciplines Katie Wales
4. Quantitative methods in literary linguistics Michael Stubbs
5. Stylistics as rhetoric Craig Hamilton
6. Stylistics as applied linguistics Ronald Carter
7. Stylistics as literary criticism Geoff Hall
Part II. Literary Concepts and Stylistics: 8. Genre Beatrix Busse
9. Intertextuality and allusion Patrick Colm Hogan
10. Production and intentionality Violeta Sotirova
11. Characterisation Dan McIntyre
12. Voice Christiana Gregoriou
13. Narration Jessica Mason
14. Defamiliarisation Joanna Gavins
15. Intensity and texture in imagery Barbara Dancygier
Part III. Techniques of Style: 16. Phonostylistics and the written text Manuel Jobert
17. Grammatical configuration Michaela Mahlberg
18. Semantic prosody Bill Louw and Marija Milojkovic
19. Action and event Paul Simpson and Patricia Canning
20. Pragmatics and inference Billy Clark
21. Metaphor and style Gerard Steen
22. Foregrounding, burying and plot construction Catherine Emmott and Marc Alexander
23. Analysing dialogue Mick Short
24. Atmosphere and tone Peter Stockwell
Part IV. The Contextual Experience of Style: 25. Iconicity Olga Fischer
26. Ethics Sara Whiteley
27. Fictionality and ontology Alison Gibbons
28. Emotions, feelings, and stylistics David S. Miall
29. Narrative structure Ruth Page
30. Performance Tracy Cruickshank
31. Interpretation Lesley Jeffries
32. A portrait of historical stylistics Joe Bray
Part V. Extensions of Stylistics: 33. The analysis of the media Marina Lambrou and Alan Durant
34. Advertising culture Rodney H. Jones
35. Political style Jonathan Charteris-Black
36. The stylistics of relationships Sara Mills
37. Stylistics in translation Benedict Lin
38. The stylistics of everyday talk David Peplow
39. Coda: the practice of stylistics Peter Stockwell and Sara Whiteley.

Subject Areas: Literary theory [DSA], Literature: history & criticism [DS], Linguistics [CF]