This accessible and authoritative guide to the theory and practice of stylistics encompasses both traditional textual analysis and recent innovations.

1. The handbook of stylistics: introduction Peter Stockwell and Sara Whiteley; Part I. The Discipline of Stylistics: 2. The theory and philosophy of stylistics Michael Toolan; 3. The stylistic tool-kit: methods and sub-disciplines Katie Wales; 4. Quantitative methods in literary linguistics Michael Stubbs; 5. Stylistics as rhetoric Craig Hamilton; 6. Stylistics as applied linguistics Ronald Carter; 7. Stylistics as literary criticism Geoff Hall; Part II. Literary Concepts and Stylistics: 8. Genre Beatrix Busse; 9. Intertextuality and allusion Patrick Colm Hogan; 10. Production and intentionality Violeta Sotirova; 11. Characterisation Dan McIntyre; 12. Voice Christiana Gregoriou; 13. Narration Jessica Mason; 14. Defamiliarisation Joanna Gavins; 15. Intensity and texture in imagery Barbara Dancygier; Part III. Techniques of Style: 16. Phonostylistics and the written text Manuel Jobert; 17. Grammatical configuration Michaela Mahlberg; 18. Semantic prosody Bill Louw and Marija Milojkovic; 19. Action and event Paul Simpson and Patricia Canning; 20. Pragmatics and inference Billy Clark; 21. Metaphor and style Gerard Steen; 22. Foregrounding, burying and plot construction Catherine Emmott and Marc Alexander; 23. Analysing dialogue Mick Short; 24. Atmosphere and tone Peter Stockwell; Part IV. The Contextual Experience of Style: 25. Iconicity Olga Fischer; 26. Ethics Sara Whiteley; 27. Fictionality and ontology Alison Gibbons; 28. Emotions, feelings, and stylistics David S. Miall; 29. Narrative structure Ruth Page; 30. Performance Tracy Cruickshank; 31. Interpretation Lesley Jeffries; 32. A portrait of historical stylistics Joe Bray; Part V. Extensions of Stylistics: 33. The analysis of the media Marina Lambrou and Alan Durant; 34. Advertising culture Rodney H. Jones; 35. Political style Jonathan Charteris-Black; 36. The stylistics of relationships Sara Mills; 37. Stylistics in translation Benedict Lin; 38. The stylistics of everyday talk David Peplow; 39. Coda: the practice of stylistics Peter Stockwell and Sara Whiteley.