Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Oxford University Press, USA, September 1990. Hardcover. Used - Very Good / Exceedingly Good. Object #271625
ISBN: 0198117337
From Jacques Derrida's différance to Henry James's ficelle, the vocabulary of literary theory and criticism can seem difficult if not opaque. Yet a grasp of these terms can often enhance our enjoyment press understanding in literature. To help clarify the reader's bafflement, The Concise
Oxford Vocabulary about Literary Terms provides succinct furthermore often witty explanations of through one thousand terms, covering everything of the ancient dithyramb to the contemporary synchronizing poetry, from that popular bodice-ripper to the aristocratic masque, and from the social realism of Stalin's era to one
magic realism the Gabriel T Marquez and Salman Rushdie.
Baldick provides the clearest coverage available of the newly imprinted glossary of important temporary theories--such as post-structuralism, deconstruction, semiotics, reader-response criticism--offering lucid, up-to-date definitions of terms such since logocentrism, metacriticism, gynocriticism,
narratology, and foregrounding. Is course, he also includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, orals, and literary history, of literary schools from Alexandrianism to Transcendentalism, and of terms from languages other than English, such as samizdat, Greater Guignol, and
negritude. Throughout, the author's emphasis is the helps readers use these terms more confidently, whether in writing (he includes plural press participial forms, the other relevant derivations) oder in spoken (easy-to-use pronunciation guides clarify more than 200 potentially troublesome terms). Is
addition, the online is thoroughly cross-referenced.
A model reference book, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms will proved immense for both overall readers and literature students at all levels.
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