Essential Literary Terms

Essential Literary Terms
Author: Sharon Hamilton
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780393928372

Essential Literary Terms offers clear, concise definitions over 220 must-know literary terms for introductory students.

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 Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms

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 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.

Handbook of Literary Terms

Handbook of Literary Terms
Author: X. J. Kennedy
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

From the author team of the discipline's most widely used literature anthology, this accessible and instructive guide introduces students to the language of literary study. Featuring an engaging and accessible writing style, this supplemental reference manual for the introductory student has over 400 entries and serves to demystify literature and the terms, techniques, and analysis tools that literary scholars use. NEW TO THIS EDITION: Over 25 additional entries, covering more contemporary terms (blogging, etc). Selected illustrations throughout.

A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory

A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory
Author: Jeremy Hawthorn
Publisher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780340692226

Taking words from a variety of sources, and from a range of different languages and cultures, it is little wonder that contemporary literary theory poses peculiar difficulties of usage and understanding. This third edition of Hawthorn's acclaimed glossary contains a host of new terms, revises many of the previous entries (sometimes very substantially), and includes both an expanded bibliography and detailed recommendations for further reading.

Literary Elements Write-On/Wipe-off Flip Chart

Literary Elements Write-On/Wipe-off Flip Chart
Author: Justin Martin
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-05-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780545442749

Boost reading, writing, and comprehension skills with this dynamic chart that teaches 14 essential literary elements including plot, character, setting, theme, tone, point of view, conflict, dialogue, flashback, foreshadowing, figurative language, and more. Includes interactive texts, guiding questions, and quick activities to make learning the elements easy and entertaining. Content is correlated to the new Core Standards! For use with Grades 3-6.