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082 _a809
_bBRA/S
100 0 _aBradford, Richard
245 1 0 _aStylistics
250 _a1st.
260 _aLondon
_bRoutledge
_c1997
300 _axii, 215p.
520 _aA definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylistics. It will provide students with a basic grasp of stylistics and literary analysis.Richard Bradford provides a definitive introductory guide to modern critical ideas on literary style and stylistics. It will provide students with a basic grasp of stylistics and literary analysis.This comprehensive and accessible guidebook for undergraduates examines:* the terminology of literary form* how literary style has evolved since the sixteenth century* the role of stylistics in twentieth century criticism* the discipline of stylistics from classical rhetoric to post-structuralism* the relationship between literary style and its historical context* style and gender* examples of poems, plays and novels from Shakespeare to the present day.
650 _aLiterature
650 0 _aLiterary texts
942 _cBK
999 _c12102
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