Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: The Discipline of Stylistics 1. Introduction, Violeta Sotirova Part II: Theoretical Approaches and Research Methods 2. Structuralism and Stylistics, Linda Pilliere 3. Generative Grammar and Stylistics, Andrew Caink 4. Functional Stylistics, Ben Lin 5. Pragmatics and Stylistics, Siobhan Chapman 6. Discourse Stylistics, Marina Lambrou 7. Cognitive Stylistics, David West 8. Feminist Stylistics, Clare Walsh 9. Corpus Stylistics, Michaela Mahlberg 10. Critical Stylistics, Lesley Jeffries 11. Historical Stylistics, Beatrix Busse 12. Empirical Stylistics, Willie van Peer 13. Pedagogical Stylistics, Sonja Zynger and Olivia Fialho 14. Stylistics and Translation, Jean Boase-Beier 15. Stylistics and Literary Theory, Geoff Hall 16. Sociolinguistics and Stylistics, Sylvia Adamson Part III: Current Areas of Research 17. Foregrounding and Defamiliarisation, Cathy Emmott 18. Metaphor, Gerard Steen 19. Mind Style, David Hoover 20. Narrative Point of View, Joe Bray 21. Speech and Thought Presentation, Reiko Ikeo 22. Consciousness, Eric Rundquist 23. Dialect in Literature, Jane Hodson 24. Deixis in Literature, Keith Green 25. Dialogue, Dan McIntyre 26. Text Worlds, Joanna Gavins 27. Texture, Peter Stockwell 28. Iconicity, Christina Ljungberg 29. Narrativity, Yanna Popova 30. Emotion, Sara Whiteley 31. Verse, Nigel Fabb 32. Odd-Pronominal Narratives, Manuel Jobert 33. Irony, Massimiliano Morini Part IV: Genres and Periods 34. Old English Style, Sara Pons-Sanz 35. Middle English Style, Louise Sylvester 36. Early Modern Style, Sylvia Adamson 37. The Poetics of Everyday Discourse, Jessica Mason and Ron Carter 38. Dramatic Discourse, Sarah Grandage 39. Style in Popular Literature, Rocio Montoro 40. Style in World Englishes Literature, E Dawson Varughese Index

"This Bloomsbury Companion provides an overview of stylistics with a detailed outline of the scope and history of the discipline, as well as its key areas of research. The main research methods and approaches within the field are presented with a detailed overview and then illustrated with a chapter of unique new research by a leading scholar in the field. The Companion also features in-depth explorations of current research areas in stylistics in the form of new studies by established researchers in the field. The broad interdisciplinary scope of stylistics is reflected in the wide array of approaches taken to the linguistic study of texts drawing on traditions from linguistics, literary theory, literary criticism, critical theory and narratology, and in the diverse group of internationally recognised contributors"--