Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introduction, development, exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can be read across these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained.Written in a clear and accessible style, Stylistics, Second Edition is a comprehensive resource which covers all the major theories, concepts and methods required for the investigation of language in literature. From metre to metaphor, dialogue to discourse, the main topics are introduced and fully elaborated, as are the key research paradigms of this important and exciting field of study. Stylistics is richly illustrated with many examples from literary texts, including writing from the established literary canon alongside more contemporary work in poetry, prose and drama. Each of the book’s twelve chapters contains clearly framed suggestions for practical work and is accompanied by an original reading on the relevant topic by a world-renowned scholar.This exciting new second edition builds on the strengths of the first by adding many fresh exercises and worked examples. It captures the latest major developments in stylistics, such as corpus, cognitive and multimodal approaches to the study of style, and its accompanying website has also been substantially revised to feature, amongst other things, useful links, worked examples and a new web strand on style and humour. In addition to the classic readings in stylistics contained in the first edition, the new edition includes a number of recent, stimulating readings by key figures in the contemporary field. Written by an experienced teacher and researcher, this accessible textbook is an essential resource for all students of English language, linguistics and literature.

Gli Eltysev sono una famiglia come tante, nella Russia di oggi: Nikolaj è un agente di polizia che si occupa della sorveglianza in un luogo di detenzione per alcolizzati e disturbatori della quiete pubblica, sua moglie Valentina lavora da trent'anni nella biblioteca cittadina. Hanno due figli ventenni: il maggiore è uno scansafatiche e il minore è in carcere da quando, in una rissa, ha ridotto un altro ragazzo a un vegetale. Ma poteva andare peggio, in fondo. Non vivono nel lusso, certo, ma la loro è una vita onesta e normale: un appartamento assegnato dal comune, un televisore e perfino un'auto, il simbolo del benessere per eccellenza. Tutto precipita, però, quando Nikolaj perde il lavoro a causa di una grave negligenza. La famiglia è costretta a trasferirsi in campagna, nella catapecchia di una vecchia zia. Le conseguenze sono devastanti: è l'inizio di una discesa agli inferi, un susseguirsi di fallimenti e disgrazie, scanditi da alcol, apatia e violenza, che porteranno alla lenta e inesorabile disgregazione della famiglia. Perché i legami affettivi e le buone intenzioni nulla possono di fronte alla miseria. La provincia russa di oggi è un altro mondo, in un altro tempo, e Roman Sencin, che la conosce bene, ce ne racconta il lato oscuro

Women Writers in Russian Literature presents a critical overview of Russian women writers from earliest times to the present, including emigre authors. Each of the 14 essays is by a scholar in a particular field; together, they cover all of Russian literature--from old Russia through the 18th and 19th centuries and up to the present--and include all genres: prose, poetry, drama, and autobiography. This collection examines images of women, and reintroduces Russian women writers whose recognition is long overdue. It also focuses on issues of reception and canon formation, and the relationship between gender and genre