Linguistic Guide to English Poetry

Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey N. Leech Klappentext "Professor Leech has given us the first full-length textbook suitable for teaching the 'new stylistics' to undergraduates." Language and Style Zusammenfassung "Professor Leech has given us the first full-length textbook suitable for teaching the 'new stylistics' to undergraduates."Language and Style Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Introduction 1. Poetry and the Language of past and present. Examples for discussion 2. The Creative use of Language. Examples for discussion 3. Variations of Poetic Licence. Examples for discussion 4. Foregrounding and Interpretation. Examples for discussion 5. Verbal Repetition. Examples for discussion 6. Patterns of Sound. Examples for discussion 7. Metre. Examples for discussion 8. The Irrational in Poetry. Examples for discussion 9. Figurative Language. Examples for discussion 10. Honest Deceptions. Examples for discussion 11. Implications of context. Examples for discussion 12. Ambiguity and Indeterminacy. Example for discussion Conclusion Suggestions for further reading General Index Index of sources of examples for discussion

Product details

• Authors: Leech, Geoffrey N. Leech, Leech Geoffrey N.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138149052
• ISBN: 978-1-138-14905-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: The English Language Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Literature: history & criticism, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literature: history and criticism, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc