The stylistics of landscapes, the landscapes of stylistics / edited by John Douthwaite (University of Genoa), Daniela Francesca Virdis (University of Cagliari), Elisabetta Zurru (University of Genoa).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Douthwaite, John, editor.

Virdis, Daniela Francesca, editor.

Zurru, Elisabetta, editor.

Series:

Linguistic approaches to literature ; 1569-3112 v. 28.

Linguistic approaches to literature (LAL), 1569-3112 ; volume 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscapes in literature.

Cognition in literature.

Physical Description:

vi, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

Summary:

This book deals not only with physical landscapes but also with social, mental, historical portraits of places, people and society. The chapters demonstrate that even when an author's subject matter appears to be only physical descriptions, all texts always project a worldview, namely, an interpretation of the ideational content they present and the interpretation produces effects on the reader. Contents and effects are thus inseparable and their identification is consequently an eminently cognitive operation, for what analysis pinpoints is the thoughts, feelings and (often underlying) values of the emitter and the mental processes by which such cognitive states are created by the author and understood by the reader.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9027200025

9789027200020

OCLC:

1001779788