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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826247603321

Autore

Ho Yufang

Titolo

Corpus stylistics in principles and practice : a stylistic exploration of John Fowles' The magus / / Yufang Ho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-4411-9721-4

1-283-27167-2

9786613271679

1-4411-2471-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Collana

Advances in stylistics

Disciplina

823.914

Soggetti

Language and languages - Style

Language and languages in literature

Linguistics - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Corpus stylistics : general principles -- pt. 2. Corpus stylistics in practice : a comparative analysis of The magus -- pt. 3. Further issues in corpus stylistics.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Yufang Ho compares the text style difference between the two versions of John Fowles' The Magus , exemplifying the methodological principles and analytic practices of the corpus stylistic approach. The Magus was first published in 1966 and was revised and republished by Fowles in 1977.  Fowles' own comment on the second edition was that it was 'rather more than a stylistic revision.' The book explores how the revised version is linguistically different from the original, especially in terms of point of view (re) representation.  The corpus stylistic approach adopted combines qual