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The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author | : Peter Childs |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780415340175 |
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.
The Describer's Dictionary
Author | : David Grambs |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1995-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780393312652 |
A dictionary of the observable world features definition-first organization; passages from the writings of James, Updike, and others; and words concerning shapes, textures, colors, terrain, and more.
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.
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 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)
Dictionary of Literature in English
Author | : Neil King |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : 9781579583811 |
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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
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).
Oxford English Dictionary
Author | : John A. Simpson |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2002-04-18 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780195218893 |
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.