THE STUDY OF STYLE

This collection of essays is published as a tribute to Professor JosA Luis MartA nez-DueA as. The chapters of this volume reflect and illustrate key concerns of the stylistic theory and practice. Leonard Neidorf and Rafael J. Pacual explore certain stylistic trends in Old English literature, RocA o G. Sumillera approaches style from the perspective of Translation Studies. JuliA¡n JimA nez Heffernan and MarA a Elena RodrA guez MartA n focus on style in the eighteenth century in literature and in film adaptation. Michael Toolan s study of a choral work cuts across periods and approaches in his combination of multimodality, iconicity and word painting. The analysis of style in works of fiction produced in the twentieth century is the goal of the chapters by Mercedes DA az DueA as and RocA o Montoro. The volume closes with Esther Romero and BelA n Soria s discussion of the challenges to Relevance Theory posed by fictional discourse, and Eugenia Esperanza NAºA ez Nogueroles review of the concept of pragmatic borrowing of anglicisms in Spanish. The works analysed range from Beowulf to Paula Hawkins s The girl on the train and Alice Munro s Corrie, and include Samuel Richardson s Clarissa, Jane Austen s Love and friendship, and Gerald Finzi s Lo, the full, final sacrifice.