Stylistics by Peter Verdonk
This book examines how style is used in literary and non-literary texts. The topics include style as a matter of socialization, the production and reception of meaning, the question of perspective, literary criticism, and current issues such as feminist stylistics and critical discourse analysis.
the book undoubtedly offers a valuable and practical guide to the subject matter* Patrick Studer, University College, Cork, Ireland *
The argument is well illustrated with commentary, sometimes detailed, on several poetic and prose texts, which provides insightful observations on textual features. * Applied Linguistics Journal *
The argument is well illustrated with commentary, sometimes detailed, on several poetic and prose texts, which provides insightful observations on textual features. * Applied Linguistics Journal *
Peter Verdonk is an Emeritus Professor of Stylistics at the University of Amsterdam. Twentieth-Century Poetry (1993) and Stylistics (2002) are among his works, as are Literature and the New Interdisciplinarity (1994, co-authored with Roger D. Twentieth-Century Fiction (1995), Exploring the Language of Drama (1998, with Jonathan Culpeper and Mick Short), and Twentieth-Century Fiction (1995, with Jean Jacques Weber).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780194372404 |
| ISBN 10 | 0194372405 |
| Title | Stylistics |
| Author | Peter Verdonk |
| Series | Oxford Introduction To Language Study Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2002-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
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