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The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

Autor J. A. Cuddon, M. A. R. Habib
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 sep 2014
'An indispensable work of reference'Times Literary Supplement

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theoryis 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)
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141047157
ISBN-10: 0141047151
Pagini: 816
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:5th edition.
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

J. A. Cuddon was a writer, school teacher and academic. Best known for hisDictionary of Literary Terms, he also produced the largeDictionary of Sport and Games, as well as several novels, plays and travel books. He also edited two anthologoies of supernatural fiction. He died in 1996.

M.A.R. Habib received his doctorate from the University of Oxford, and is Professor of English at Rutgers University. He is the author of seven books, includingA History Of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present(2005), and editor of theCambridge History of Literary Criticism, Vol. VI(2013). He is currently writing a book entitledHegel and the Foundations of Modern Literary Theory.

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Accomplishes cameo wonders of literary history ... generously and urbanely compiled
Scholarly, succinct, comprehensive and entertaining ... an indispensable work of reference