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Zusatztext This project is successful because of several qualities and strengths [including]... the editors' scholarly expertise and proficient management... the cohesive internal structure of the individually-authored chapters... the broadness of genre range and the richness of texts analysed. Informationen zum Autor Marina Lambrou is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Kingston University, UK. Peter Stockwell is Professor of Literary Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK Vorwort Written by internationally renowned researchers in stylistics, this volume aims to provide a snapshot of current research and innovations in the field of stylistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The State of Contemporary Stylistics, Marina Lambrou (University of East London, UK) and Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham, UK) I: Stylistics of Prose 1.W oolf's Experiments with Consciousness in Fiction, Violeta Sotirova (University of Nottingham, UK) Introduced by Lesley Jeffries (University of Huddersfield, UK) 2. A Corpus Stylistic Perspective on Dickens' Great Expectations, Michaela Mahlberg (University of Liverpool, UK) Introduced by Michael McCarthy (University of Nottingham, UK) 3. The Stylistics of True Crime: Mapping the Minds of Serial Killers, Christiana Gregoriou (University of Leeds, UK) Introduced by Urszula Clark (Aston University, UK) 4. ‘Do you want to hear about it?' Exploring Possible Worlds in Michael Joyce's Hyperfiction, afternoon, a story, Alice Bell (Sheffield Hallam, UK) Introduced by Brian McHale 5. The Effects of Free Indirect Discourse: Empathy Revisited , Joe Bray (University of Sheffield, UK) Introduced by Geoff Hall (University of Swansea, UK) 6. The Stylistics of Cappuccino Fiction: A Socio-Cognitive Perspective , Rocio Montoro (University of Huddersfield, UK) Introduced by Imelda Whelehan (De Montfort University, UK) 7. Attribution Theory: Action and Emotion in Dickens and Pynchon , Alan Palmer Introduced by Elena Semino (University of Lancaster, UK) 8. Bridget Jones's Diary and Feminist Narratology, Ruth Page (Birmingham City University, UK) Introduced by Sara Mills (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) 9. Schema Poetics and Crossover Fiction, Clare Walsh (De Monfort University, UK) Introduced by John McRae (University of Nottingham, UK) 10. Deixis, Cognition and the Construction of Viewpoint, Dan McIntyre (University of Huddersfield, UK) Introduced by Paul Simpson (Queen's University Belfast, Ireland) II: Stylistics of Poetry 11. ‘And everyone and I stopped breathing': Familiarity and Ambiguity in the Text-World of ‘The Day Lady Died', Joanna Gavins (University of Sheffield, UK) Introduced by Catherine Emmott (University of Glasgow, Scotland) 12. ‘Progress is a comfortable disease': Cognition in a Stylistic Analysis of e.e. cummings, Michael Burke (Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, USA) Introduced by Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham, UK) 13. Megametaphorical Mappings and the Landscapes of Canadian Poetry, Ernestine Lahey (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) Introduced by Peter Verdonk (Emeritus, University of Leeds, UK) 14. Perception and the Lyric: The Emerging Mind of the Poem, Sharon Lattig (City University, New York, USA) Introduced by Alan Durant (Middlesex University, UK) 15. Deviant Collocation in Literature as a Tool for Vocabulary Expansion, Dany Badran (Notre Dame University, Lebanon) Introduced by Ron Carter (University of Nottingham, UK) III:St...
