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Author | : A.F. Scott |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1965-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 134915220X |
In addition to giving etymology and concise definitions from all branches of literature, extensive quotations are included.
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Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Criticism |
ISBN | : 0199208271 |
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.
Author | : J. A. Cuddon |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 899 |
Release | : 2012-11-07 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1118326008 |
With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places J.A. Cuddon’s indispensable dictionary firmly in the 21st Century. Written in a clear and highly readable style Comprehensive historical coverage extending from ancient times to the present day Broad intellectual and cultural range Expands on the previous edition to incorporate the most recent literary terminology New material is particularly focused in areas such as gender studies and queer theory, post-colonial theory, post-structuralism, post-modernism, narrative theory, and cultural studies. Existing entries have been edited to ensure that topics receive balanced treatment
Author | : Arthur Finley Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Literature |
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Author | : Arthur Finley Scott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Literature |
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Author | : X. J. Kennedy |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780321331946 |
A resource every writer should have.
Author | : Peter Childs |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780415361170 |
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.
Author | : Lewis Turco |
Publisher | : University of New Mexico Press |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2020-09-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0826361935 |
The much-anticipated second edition of The Book of Literary Terms features new examples and terms to enhance Turco’s classic guide that students and scholars have relied on over the years as a definitive resource for the definitions of the major terms, forms, and styles of literature. Chapters covering fiction, drama, nonfiction, and literary criticism and scholarship offer readers a comprehensive guide to all forms of prose and their many sub-genres. From “Utopian novel,” “videotape,” and “yellow journalism” to “kabuki play,” “Personalism,” and “Poststructuralism,” this book is a valuable reference offering an extensive world of knowledge. Every teacher, student, critic, and general lover of literature should be sure to add The Book of Literary Terms to their library.
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).