The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, "The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory" explains critical jargon (intertextuality, aporia), schools of literary theory (structuralism, feminist criticism), literary forms (sonnet, ottava rima), and genres (elegy, pastoral) and examines artifacts, historic locales, archetypes, origins of well-known phrases, and much, much more. Scholarly, straightforward, comprehensive, and even entertaining, this is a resource that no word-lover should be without.
Language Arts & DisciplinesWritingReferenceLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheoryDictionaries
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH991
LANGUAGEEN
British dictionary writer and literary scholar (1928-1996)
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
by John Anthony Cuddon, Claire Preston
The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory, from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students, teachers, readers, and writers alike, "The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory" explains critical jargon (intertextuality, aporia), schools of literary theory (structuralism, feminist criticism), literary forms (sonnet, ottava rima), and genres (elegy, pastoral) and examines artifacts, historic locales, archetypes, origins of well-known phrases, and much, much more. Scholarly, straightforward, comprehensive, and even entertaining, this is a resource that no word-lover should be without.
Language Arts & DisciplinesWritingReferenceLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheoryDictionaries
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERPenguin Books
LENGTH991
LANGUAGEEN
British dictionary writer and literary scholar (1928-1996)
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