"The Routledge Handbook of Stylistics offers a wide-ranging and practical resource for students and researchers of the subject. Each chapter is engagingly written and covers a key topic in contemporary stylistics. A must-have guide to the study of language and style."Professor Joanna Gavins, Chair in English Language and Literature, School of English, University of Sheffield, UKPraise for the first edition"This is an indispensable beginner’s guide to stylistics, packed full of practical advice and demonstrating the breadth of the discipline in its coverage of everything from the origin of stylistics in classical rhetoric to current advances in cognitive neuroscience."Professor Dan McIntyre, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Department of English, Uppsala University, Sweden