Geoffrey N. Leech

A Linguistic Guide to English Poetry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Professor Leech has given us the first full-length textbook suitable for teaching the 'new stylistics' to undergraduates." Language and Style

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781138149052
• ISBN-10: 1138149055
• Artikelnr.: 71621961

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey N. Leech

Inhaltsangabe

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