Linguistic Perspectives on Literature - 9780415724043

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Linguistic Perspectives on LiteratureAuthor(s): Marvin K.L. Ching, Michael C. Haley, Ronald F. Lunsford\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415724043, 978-0415724043\nSynopsis\nAlthough linguistics is often a technical and increasingly abstruse discipline, many linguists retain a concern for the way in which linguistics can shed light on literature and literary problems. In their introductory chapter, the editors of this collection of essays, by linguists on either side of the Atlantic, enunciate a bold stance that defines the theoretical relationship between linguistics and literature, delimits what should be considered a linguistic analysis of literature, and explains how such an analysis is related to current theories of readership and literary criticism.\n\nThe editors theory of the relationship between linguistic and literary studies stipulates an eclectic rather than a holistic approach, and the essays they ha.