Language in Literature: Style and Foregrounding

by Geoffrey N. Leech

Over a period of over forty years, Geoffrey Leech has made notable contributions to the field of literary stylistics, using the interplay between linguistic form and literary function as a key to the 'mystery' of how a text comes to be invested with artistic potential.

In this book, seven earlier papers and articles, read previously only by a restricted audience, have been brought together with four new chapters, the whole volume...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582051096
• ISBN13: 9780582051096
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"