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Language in Literature

Paperback • 1998 • English • 1. edition

Language in Literature: An Introduction to Stylistics (Hodder Arnold Publication)

By Michael Toolan

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About the book

An activity-based introduction to stylistics, this textbook explains some of the topics in literary linguistics and helps students in analysing written texts. How can you tell good writing - the excellent, the brilliant and the ingenious - from bad writing - the weak, the banal and the confusing? By looking at the technique and the craft of writing, Language in Literature examines the ways in which language is organised to create particular meanings or effects. Covering a range of topics - namin...Show more

Literacy
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
Palaeography

Book details

ISBN

9780340662144

Publisher

Routledge

Published year

1998

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Language in Literature

Format

Paperback

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