Sylvia Plath and the Language of Affective States

Zsófia Demjén is Lecturer of English Language and Applied Linguistics at The Open University, UK.

• List of AbbreviationsList of ConcordancesList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgements1. Introduction Part I – Background to the Study 2. Sylvia Plath and her Journals 3. Language and Affective States – Setting the Theoretical Scene 4. Linguistic Characteristics of the Smith Journal - Corpus Analysis I Part II – Zooming In: Investigating Key Linguistic Features 5. Self-description and Direct References to Affective States 6. Affective States and Metaphor 7. You and Plath 8. Investigating Second-person Entries Further - Corpus Analysis II 9. So What? References Index

An excellent example of the benefits that can be reaped by [broadening the boundaries of stylistic approaches] ... By combining qualitative and quantitative methods with narrative, cognitive and psychological insights, Demjén is particularly well equipped to draw conclusions with regard to the linguistic projection of Plath's renowned depressive bouts. ... She impressively combines all these interests and insightfully highlights possible applications of stylistics work for the understanding of depression in general.