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... For any reader seeking a greater appreciation of their favorite novel, poem, or play. Offers a lively and straightforward guide to literary thinking. With a series of compact essays the ... literary critic John Sutherland-- ... admired for his wit and clear reasoning--strips away the obscurity and pretension of literary study. His book offers concise definitions and clear examples of the fifty concepts that all book lovers should know. It includes...
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This comprehensive dictionary offers clear definitions, with examples, for terms like Katuata, Makta, Tz'u, and many others that derive from non-Western traditions. Meanwhile, it provides a new perspective on more familiar terms by illustrating them with examples from a broad cultural spectrum.--[book jacket].
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This comprehensive book is the definitive reference on literature and literary criticism in English. This easy to use, alphabetically arranged reference source covers over 2,000 terms, including those from computing and information management as well as film, radio, TV, printing, linguistics, music, graphic arts, and classical studies.
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Defines poetic terms and explains how formal structure and rhythm combine to form compelling poetry.
"Filled with examples from classic and contemporary poetry, The Poet's Dictionary defines poetic terms, explains how formal structure is related to meaning in a poem, and shows the way in which rhythm, image, and voice coalesce to form compelling poetry. William Packard defines devices that form the heart of poetry -- such as caesura, rhyme, stanza,...
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"The fourth edition of J.A. Cuddon's classic dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated to maintain it as the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind currently available, for students, teachers and general readers alike. Expanded to include many new entries, it has been improved throughout, in places rendered more concise, in others amended and extended, with both major and minor additions. The work of the third edition, to cover...
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"From abjection to zeugma, this fully revised and expanded dictionary clearly explains even the most difficult literary terms. As the most informative and thorough guide of its kind, it is an essential reference work for both students and general readers of literature." "This book includes: Over 1,200 terms covering literary history and criticism, traditional drama, versification, and rhetoric; increased coverage of terms, from modern critical and...
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Not a general dictionary of literary terms, the "Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory" treats seventy fundamental and overarching concepts from allegory and allusion to tragedy and unity. By "concepts" is meant broad terms that designate modes of thought about, approaches to, or major classifications of literature that are of central importance to the history or present pursuit of literary criticism and commentary. Particular attention...
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