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Language Crafted

A Linguistic Theory of Poetic Syntax

Stylistics is at a crossroad, according to Timothy Austin. It must find a way of bridging the chasm that separates it from deconstructionism and a means of restoring the faith of disillusioned stylists, like Stanley Fish and his followers, in its precepts.


Offering a new, comprehensive, and clearly articulated theory of stylistics, Language Crafted is a first—and giant—step toward the goal of the revitalization of stylistics. Austin sets out the standards that a general theory of stylistics must meet. It must delimit its range of phenomena; it should offer a well-defined theoretical model, complete with theoretical categories and a description of the ways those categories relate to one another; it must evaluate the capacity of the model to analyze data in an appropriate and elegant way; and it should examine the implications of its conclusions for associated fields.


Using these standards, Austin outlines a linguistic theory of poetic syntax, elaborating on its provisions and extending its exemplifications to cover a broad spectrum of authors and texts. Austin's refreshing approach to poetic syntax offers great hope for a positive and productive future for the discipline of stylistics.

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • One: A Theory of Poetic Syntax
  • Two: The Technical Analysis of a Literary Text
  • Three: The Aesthetic Dimension
  • Four: The Task of Interpretation
  • Five: Conclusions Theoretical and Pedagogical
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Topics
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Syntactic Rules and Constraints

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  • isbn
    978-0-253-05433-3
  • publisher
    Indiana University Press
  • publisher place
    Bloomington, Indiana USA
  • restrictions
    CC-BY-NC-ND
  • rights
    Copyright © Trustees of Indiana University
  • rights holder
    Indiana University Press
  • rights territory
    World
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