The Taming of the Text: Explorations in Language, Literature and Culture - Softcover

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9780415060301: The Taming of the Text: Explorations in Language, Literature and Culture
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ISBN 10: 0415060303 ISBN 13: 9780415060301
Publisher: Routledge, 1991

Synopsis

This study attempts to explore the ways in which language constitutes textual functions, ranging from mediation to manipulation, from questioning to commanding, and from narrative to Bakhtin's theory of literary communication. The contributors provide a view of the social functioning of texts, taking account of linguistic, literary and cultural elements. They bring together new perspectives on literary analysis and theory, on pragmatics and discourse analysis, as well as on text linguistics and reception theory. Various types of text are examined - descriptions, travel accounts, dialogues, press columns, recipes, poetry and drama - including work by Brecht, Camus, Defoe, Frost, Harrison, Larkin, Plath and Shakespeare.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415060303
ISBN 13 
9780415060301
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
352
Editor
Peer Willie Van

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