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- Author:
- Publisher:
- ISBN: 0199208271
- Category : Criticism
- Languages : en
- Pages : 373
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
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- Author: Chris Baldick
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- ISBN: 019101821X
- Category : Literary Criticism
- Languages : en
- Pages : 377
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 Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
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- Author: Chris Baldick
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- ISBN: 9780198608837
- Category : Literary Criticism
- Languages : en
- Pages : 280
Provides explanations of literary terms and includes information on such topics as drama, rhetoric, and textual criticism.
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
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- Author: Chris Baldick
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- ISBN: 0191044075
- Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
- Languages : en
- Pages : 416
The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in its fourth edition, it includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, 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. Completely revised and updated, this edition also features brand-new entries on terms such as distant reading, graphic novels, middle generation, and misery memoir. Many new bibliographies have been added to entries and recommended web links are available via a companion website.
A Dictionary of Arabic Literary Terms and Devices
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- Author: Marlé Hammond
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- ISBN: 0192515306
- Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
- Languages : en
- Pages : 192
The Dictionary of Arabic Literary Terms covers the most important literary terms relevant to classical and modern Arabic literature. Its 300+ entries include technical terms and rhetorical devices, themes and motifs, concepts, historical eras, literary schools and movements, forms and genres, figures and institutions. Defining terms such as 'root-play', highlighting schools such as the Mahjar poets, and exploring concepts such as 'imaginary evocation', the dictionary introduces its readers to the specificities of the Arabic literary tradition. The dictionary is intended to meet the needs of the growing number of students studying Arabic in the English-speaking world, whose studies include Arabic literature from an early stage. This reference resource equips them to understand the nuances and complexities of the texts they encounter. It is an invaluable reference work for students of Arabic literature.
A Dictionary of Literary Devices
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- Author: Bernard Marie Dupriez
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press
- ISBN: 9780802068033
- Category : Literary Criticism
- Languages : en
- Pages : 572
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 Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory
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- Author: Peter Auger
- Publisher: Anthem Press
- ISBN: 0857286706
- Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
- Languages : en
- Pages : 404
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
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- Author: Kathleen Morner
- Publisher: Contemporary Books
- ISBN: 9780844254654
- Category : Criticism
- Languages : en
- Pages : 0
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 Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
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- Author: J. A. Cuddon
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 0141047151
- Category : Literary Criticism
- Languages : en
- Pages : 0
'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)
The Literary Terms Handbook
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- Author: Sunflower Education
- Publisher:
- ISBN: 9781937166113
- Category : Education
- Languages : en
- Pages : 100
Literary terms are the building blocks of literature. Give students a firm grasp of them with this well thought out handbook that features an in-depth look at 29 literary terms. Each lesson follows an easy-to-use format: a definition of the term is followed by a discussion using two excellent examples in prose or poetry. Questions promote and ensure understanding. A writing exercise for each term provides an opportunity for application. Gives students the knowledge and experience to interpret literature with confidence Grades 9-12. Meets National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association Standards for the English Language Arts. 58 Pages of Activity Sheets Complete Answer Key Complete definition, description, examples, and exercises for the following literary terms: Allegory Alliteration Allusion Analogy Assonance Atmosphere Ballad Characterization Couplet Figurative Language Foreshadowing Imagery Inversion Irony Metaphor Meter Onomatopoeia Personification Plot (Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution) Point of View Refrain Rhyme Rhythm Simile Sonnet Style Symbolism Theme Tone
