Lesley Jeffries is Professor of English and Director of the Stylistics Research Centre at Huddersfield University, UK. She is co-series editor (with Dan Mcintyre) for Palgrave's Perspectives on the English Language, and has published on the style of contemporary poetry and ideology in news reporting and political discourse. She is also co-editor of Babel: The Language Magazine.

• Pronunciation Guide Introduction Twentieth-Century People in Poetry The Influence of the Spoken Language The Sound of Twentieth-Century Poetry Word Forms and Combinations Word-Choice and Meaning Grammatical Structure Textual Cohesion and Orientation Examples of Analysis Notes Glossary References: Poetry Bibliography Index.

Lesley Jeffries is Professor of English and Director of the Stylistics Research Centre at Huddersfield University, UK. She is co-series editor (with Dan Mcintyre) for Palgrave's Perspectives on the English Language, and has published on the style of contemporary poetry and ideology in news reporting and political discourse. She is also co-editor of Babel: The Language Magazine.

• Pronunciation Guide Introduction Twentieth-Century People in Poetry The Influence of the Spoken Language The Sound of Twentieth-Century Poetry Word Forms and Combinations Word-Choice and Meaning Grammatical Structure Textual Cohesion and Orientation Examples of Analysis Notes Glossary References: Poetry Bibliography Index.

Lesley Jeffries is Professor of English and Director of the Stylistics Research Centre at Huddersfield University, UK. She is co-series editor (with Dan Mcintyre) for Palgrave's Perspectives on the English Language, and has published on the style of contemporary poetry and ideology in news reporting and political discourse. She is also co-editor of Babel: The Language Magazine.

• Pronunciation Guide Introduction Twentieth-Century People in Poetry The Influence of the Spoken Language The Sound of Twentieth-Century Poetry Word Forms and Combinations Word-Choice and Meaning Grammatical Structure Textual Cohesion and Orientation Examples of Analysis Notes Glossary References: Poetry Bibliography Index.