Preface Part One Stylistic Theories Chapter 1 Introduction to Stylistics Chapter 2 How to Analyze Styles Chapter 3 Style and Situation Chapter 4 Style and Alternative Choices Chapter 5 Style and Deviation Chapter 6 Style and the Man himself Chapter 7 Style and Rhetoric Chapter 8 Style and Skill Chapter 9 Style and Schema Chapter 10 Models of Stylistics Part Two Stylistic Varieties Chapter 11 Poetry Chapter 12 Fiction Chapter 13 Drama Chapter 14 Exposition Chapter 15 Definition Chapter 16 Description Chapter 17 Narration Chapter 18 Argument Chapter 19 Judgement Chapter 20 Advertisement Part Three Styles of Famous Writers Chapter 21 Frank and Honest Satirical Style: Bernard Shaw Chapter 22 Language Style to Suit to Character and Identity:Charles Dickens Chapter 23 Critical Reputation in Life and Style: Ernest Hemingway Chapter 24 Stylistic Directness, Terseness and Forcefulness: Francis Bacon Chapter 25 Stylistic Stream-of-Consciousness and Invention of Novel Theory: Henry James Chapter 26 Stylistic Art and Aesthetics: Thomas Hardy Chapter 27 Realistic and Humorous Style: Mark Twain Chapter 28 Stylistic Impact on American Poetry: T. S. Eliot Chapter 29 Grotesque and Dramatizing Style: William Faulkner Chapter 30 Stylistic Art of Language: William Shakespeare Bibliography