This book is to date the first monograph-length study of the popular American political TV series House of Cards. It proposes an encompassing analysis of the fi

This book focuses on how readers can be 'manipulated' during their experience of reading fictional texts and how they are incited to perceive, process and inter

This volume presents new research on the pragmatics of personal pronouns. Whereas personal pronouns used to have a reputation of poor substitutes for full NP’

This volume brings together reflections on the relationship between politics and storytelling, especially within the democratic context. Examples are drawn from

Including examples from a broad range of sources, this book explores the pragmatic functions and effects of 'you' across time, genre and medium, to provide an e