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Stylistics is at a crossroad, according to Timothy Austin. It must find a way of bridging the chasm that separates it from deconstructionism and a means of restoring the faith of disillusioned stylists, like Stanley Fish and his followers, in its precepts. Offering a new, comprehensive, and clearly articulated theory of stylistics, Language Crafted is a first—and giant—step toward the goal of the revitalization of stylistics. Austin sets out the standards that a general theory of stylistics must meet. It must delimit its range of phenomena; it should offer a well-defined theoretical model, complete with theoretical categories and a description of the ways those categories relate to one another; it must evaluate the capacity of the model to analyze data in an approp- riate and elegant way; and it should examine the implications of its conclusions for associated fields. Using these standards, Austin outlines a linguistic theory of poetic syntax, elaborating on its provisions and extending its exemplifications to cover a broad spectrum of authors and texts. Austin's refreshing approach to poetic syntax offers great hope for a positive and productive future for the discipline of stylistics.

Syntax --- Dichtersprache --- Theorie --- Stilistik --- Theorieën. --- Stilistiek. --- Literary style. --- Criticism. --- Style litteraire. --- Critique. --- Criticism --- Evaluation of literature --- Literary criticism --- Literature --- Rhetoric --- Aesthetics --- Style, Literary --- Language and languages --- Technique --- Evaluation --- Style --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Linguistics --- Stilanalyse --- Stilbeschreibung --- Stilforschung --- Stilkritik --- Schreibstil --- Literarischer Stil --- Praxis --- Dichterische Sprache --- Literatur --- Poetische Sprache --- Sprache --- Literatursprache --- Satzbau --- Satzkonstruktion --- Satzlehre