Author: Edward Quinn
Publisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816062447
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
A dictionary of more than one thousand literary terms and themes expands upon the traditional literary vocabulary by combining related theoretical, historical, and cultural terms with definitions and critical essays.
A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms
Author: Edward Quinn
Publisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816062447
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
A dictionary of more than one thousand literary terms and themes expands upon the traditional literary vocabulary by combining related theoretical, historical, and cultural terms with definitions and critical essays.
Publisher: Checkmark Books
ISBN: 9780816062447
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
A dictionary of more than one thousand literary terms and themes expands upon the traditional literary vocabulary by combining related theoretical, historical, and cultural terms with definitions and critical essays.
The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory
Author: Peter Auger
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857286706
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
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).
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857286706
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
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).
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
Author: J. A. Cuddon
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118326008
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 899
Book Description
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
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118326008
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 899
Book Description
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
A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms
Author: Edward Quinn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816043941
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Covers more than eight hundred and fifty contemporary literary terms and themes from different fields, including literature, film, television, psychology, and history.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816043941
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Covers more than eight hundred and fifty contemporary literary terms and themes from different fields, including literature, film, television, psychology, and history.
The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Peter Childs
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134234759
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134234759
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
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.
Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs
Author: Jean-Charles Seigneuret
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
This index is a veritable who's who of the greats of Western literature. . . . The Board recommends it for every collection whose users conduct analytical studies of literature. Reference Books Bulletin The powerful hold that literature exercises is based primarily on recognition--the reader's ability to identify with others through shared human concerns that transcend ttace, time, and cultural boundaries. These universal themes, and how they have been treated in literature from the classical period to the present, are the subject of the critical essays comprising this volume. A fascinating resource for students and general readers and an essential research tool for scholars in literature, it is the first thematic reference on this scale to be published in English. The dictionary consists of 143 essays contributed by 98 specialists in world literature. Topics covered include themes relating to adventure, family life, the supernatural, eroticism, status, humor, idealism, terror, and many other categories of human experience. Each entry begins with a defintion and a sketch on the origin and historical background of the literary theme. The topical essay discusses the significance and occurrence of the theme in world literature and supplies information on geographical area, genre, style, and chronology. Entries conclude with a selected bibliography of scholarship in the area. A cross-index to themes and motifs will enable the reader to find information on secondary or related topics. Convenient to use and presented in a standardized format, this major new reference will be an important acquisition for libraries with collections in English, American, and world literature.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
This index is a veritable who's who of the greats of Western literature. . . . The Board recommends it for every collection whose users conduct analytical studies of literature. Reference Books Bulletin The powerful hold that literature exercises is based primarily on recognition--the reader's ability to identify with others through shared human concerns that transcend ttace, time, and cultural boundaries. These universal themes, and how they have been treated in literature from the classical period to the present, are the subject of the critical essays comprising this volume. A fascinating resource for students and general readers and an essential research tool for scholars in literature, it is the first thematic reference on this scale to be published in English. The dictionary consists of 143 essays contributed by 98 specialists in world literature. Topics covered include themes relating to adventure, family life, the supernatural, eroticism, status, humor, idealism, terror, and many other categories of human experience. Each entry begins with a defintion and a sketch on the origin and historical background of the literary theme. The topical essay discusses the significance and occurrence of the theme in world literature and supplies information on geographical area, genre, style, and chronology. Entries conclude with a selected bibliography of scholarship in the area. A cross-index to themes and motifs will enable the reader to find information on secondary or related topics. Convenient to use and presented in a standardized format, this major new reference will be an important acquisition for libraries with collections in English, American, and world literature.
A Dictionary of Literary, Dramatic, and Cinematic Terms
Author: Sylvan Barnet
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780673391940
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780673391940
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Coles Notes Staff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780774037037
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780774037037
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
A Dictionary of literary terms. (Seventh printing.).
Author: Sylvan Barnet
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Literary Terms
Author: Karl E. Beckson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374521778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Explains and gives examples of over 900 literary terms.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374521778
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Explains and gives examples of over 900 literary terms.