TITLE:
The Oxford dictionary of literary terms / Chris Baldick.
Alternate Title:
Literary terms
By:
Publication Date:
2008, 1990
Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press,
Edition:
3rd ed.
Physical Description:
361 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-361).
Summary:
Shedding light on some of the most troublesome literary terms encountered by students and general readers, this gem of a book offers increased coverage of many new coinages from modern critical and theoretical movements. It also provides extensively updated coverage of traditional drama, rhetoric, literary history, and textual criticism. Throughout, the authors emphasis is on helping readers use these terms more confidently, whether in writing or in speaking (easy-to-use pronunciation guides clarify more than 200 potentially troublesome terms). Readers will find clear and often entertaining explanations for words such as multi-accentuality, postmodernism, hypertext, cyberpunk, and antanaclasis. In addition, the dictionary is thoroughly cross-referenced and now offers web links accessed via a regularly updated companion website.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780199208272
