Author: Phelan, James [1951 - ]
Title: Worlds from Words: A Theory of Language in Fiction
Description: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1981. orig.wrappers. 21x13cm, xi,258 pp, One page bears a large chip to page margin. Series: Chicago Originals [paperback original].. Some rubbing & cover soil. Good. ¶ Contents: The Theory & Its Powers: Style & Theories of Style: The Problem &a Strategy for Solution; Deliberative Acts vs Grammatical Closure: Stanley Fish & the Language of 'The Ambassadors'; Literary Discourse, " Ordinary Discourse" & Intentions: David Lodge & the Language of 'Sister Carrie'; Determinate & Interdeterminate Value in the Linguistic System: J. Hillis Miller & the Language of 'Persuasion'; Limits of the Theory: Verbal Artistry & Speech as Action: Elder Olson & the Language of 'Lolita'; Design & Value in a World of Worlds: Umberto Eco & the Language of 'Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife'; Multiple Questions, Multiple Answers and the Status of our Theory: Pluralism & the Language of Fiction.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, English Literature, Language, Linguistic, Style, Stylistics, Stanley Fish, Discourse Theory,