A Dictionary of Literary Devices

A Dictionary of Literary Devices
Author: Bernard Marie Dupriez
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 572
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780802068033

Comprising some 4000 terms, defined and illustrated, "Gradus" calls upon the resources of linguistics, poetics, semiotics, socio-criticism, rhetoric, pragmatics, combining them in ways which enable readers quickly to comprehend the codes and conventions which together make up 'literarity.'

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Chris Baldick
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2008-03-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 019101821X

The best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (formerly the Concise dictionary) provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. It is now available in a new and expanded edition and includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, and schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction. It includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. New to this edition are recommended entry-level web links updated via the Dictionary of Literary Terms companion website.

The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms

The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Peter Childs
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2006-07-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134234759

Covering both established terminology as well as the specialist vocabulary of modern theoretical schools, this is an indispensable guide to the principal terms and concepts encountered in debates over literary studies in the twenty-first century.

A Glossary of Literary Terms

A Glossary of Literary Terms
Author: Meyer Howard Abrams
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781413002188

This text defines and discusses terms, critical theories, and points of view that are commonly used to classify, analyse, interpret, and write the history of works of literature. The Glossary presents a series of essays in alphabetic order.

The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory

The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory
Author: Peter Auger
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2010-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0857286706

This Dictionary is a guide to the literary terms most relevant to students and readers of English literature today, thorough on the essentials and generous in its intellectual scope. The definitions are lively and precise in equipping students and general readers with a genuinely useful critical vocabulary. It identifies the thinking and controversies surrounding terms, and offers fresh insights and directions for future reading. It does this with the help of extensive cross-referencing, indexes and up-to-date bibliography (with recommended websites).

NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms

NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Kathleen Morner
Publisher: Contemporary Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1991
Genre: Criticism
ISBN: 9780844254654

NTC's Dictionary of Literary Terms contains nearly 600 terms, concepts, and critical theories--all defined, explained, and illustrated in clear easy-to-understand language.

Literary Terms

Literary Terms
Author: Karl E. Beckson
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 325
Release: 1989-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0374521778

Explains and gives examples of over 900 literary terms.

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
Author: J. A. Cuddon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0141047151

'An indispensable work of reference' Times Literary Supplement The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory is firmly established as a key work of reference in the complex and varied field of literary criticism. Now in its fifth edition, it remains the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind, and is invaluable for students, teachers and general readers alike. - Gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality) - Explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory - Covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet)