The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Chris Baldick

ISBN: 9780199208272
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
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Defining over 1,200 literary terms, from abjection to zeugma, this dictionary is the most informative and thorough of its kind. With clearly explained entries for even the most technical literary terms, it remains the essential reference work for students of literature in any language.

This book has increased coverage of terms, from modern critical and theoretical movements to crime fiction…

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 Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

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