"Style in Fiction is a welcome addition to a body of writings by stylisticians who have over the past two decades cumulatively increased our knowledge of the workings of language in a range of literary genres." Applied Linguistics (about the first edition) This book describes the ways in which the techniques of linguistic analysis and literary criticism can be combined, and illuminated, through the linguistic study of literary style. It draws on the prose fiction of the last 150 years to demonstrate the approach.

本书是政治人类学的经典著作。身兼人类学家和英国军官两职的利奇在缅甸北部山区开展的田野工作几乎与“二战”相始终，其间经历战火困扰和资料散失之厄，而此书终成。全书以历史的和动态的视角反思了社会科学中“社群”、“文化”和“仪式”等核心概念，用细致的民族志资料展现出了克钦人（在中国称景颇）的政治结构变迁以及与周边人群的互动，融理论之洞见与经验之鲜活于一炉。它不但是人类学和民族学的必读书目，对社会学、历史学、政治学和文化研究等学科亦深具参考价值。