Style in fiction a linguistic introduction to English fictional prose - Leech, Geoffrey N.; Short, Mick. (London New York Longman, 1987)
Table of Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Part I. Approached and methods: 1. Style and Choice -- 2. Style, Text and Frequency -- 3. A Method of Analysis and Some Examples -- 4. Levels of Style -- Part II. Aspects of style: 5. Language and the Fictional World -- 6. Mind Style -- 7. The Rhetoric of Text -- 8. Discourse and Discourse Situation -- 9. Conversation in the Novel -- 10. Speech and Thought Presentation -- Passages and topics for further study. Further reading. Bibliography. Index of Works discussed. General index.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [387]-393.
Keywords: English fiction -- History and criticism; American fiction -- History and criticism; English language -- Style; Fiction -- Technique