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THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF
LITERARY TERMS ÄND LITERARY THEORY
Over the past twenty years J. A. Cuddon's Dictionary of
lished as a classic work of reference. Now in its fourth edition,
complete with many new entries and insights, it remains the
most comprehensive and accessible \york of its kind and con-
stitutes essential reading for students, teachers and general
readers alike. ** *
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Gives definitions of technical terms (iamb, hamartia,zeugma)
and critical jargon (intertextuality, appria, binary opposition) ,
Explores literary movements (neoclassicism, romanticism,
vorticism) and schools of literary theory (new historicism,
structuralism, feminist criticism)
Covers genres (elegy; fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms j
(sonnet, haiku, ottava rima) y
\Scholarly, succinct, comprehensive and entertaining, this .
is an important book, an indispensable work of reference.
It draws on the literature of many languages and, quotes aptly
and freshly from...
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Fülszöveg
THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF
LITERARY TERMS ÄND LITERARY THEORY
Over the past twenty years J. A. Cuddon's Dictionary of
lished as a classic work of reference. Now in its fourth edition,
complete with many new entries and insights, it remains the
most comprehensive and accessible \york of its kind and con-
stitutes essential reading for students, teachers and general
readers alike. ** *
' - > V - ' . n
Gives definitions of technical terms (iamb, hamartia,zeugma)
and critical jargon (intertextuality, appria, binary opposition) ,
Explores literary movements (neoclassicism, romanticism,
vorticism) and schools of literary theory (new historicism,
structuralism, feminist criticism)
Covers genres (elegy; fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms j
(sonnet, haiku, ottava rima) y
\Scholarly, succinct, comprehensive and entertaining, this .
is an important book, an indispensable work of reference.
It draws on the literature of many languages and, quotes aptly
and freshly from our own
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