1st Edition
The Languages of Literature Some Linguistic Contributions to Criticism
In The Language of Literature, first published in 1971, Roger Fowler argues that the vitality and centrality of the verbal dimension of literature, and, read as a whole, the papers in this collection imply a consistent point of view on language in literature. The author focuses on the continuity of language in literature with language outside literature, on its cultural appropriateness and adjustment, and on its power to create aesthetic patterns and to organise concepts, to make fictions. This title will be of interest to students of literary theory.
Preface; Sources and Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction 2. Linguistics, Stylistics; Criticism? 3. Literature and Linguistics 4. Literature and Linguistics: Reply by F. W. Bateson 5. Language and Literature 6. Language and Literature: Reply by F. W. Bateson 7. The Structure of Criticism and the Languages of Poetry 8. Criticism and the Language of Literature: Some Traditions and Trends in Great Britain 9. Structural Metrics 10. What is Metrical Analysis? 11. ‘The Rhythm of Beowulf’ – a Review 12. Three Blank Verse Textures 13. Some Stylistic Features of the ‘Sermo Lupi’ 14. Linguistics and Analysis of Poetry 15. On the Interpretation of ‘Nonsense Strings’; Further Reading; Index of Names
Biography
Roger Fowler
