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The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Chris Baldick
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2008-03-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 019101821X

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The best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (formerly the Concise dictionary) provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. It is now available in a new and expanded edition and includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, and schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction. It includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. New to this edition are recommended entry-level web links updated via the Dictionary of Literary Terms companion website.


Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature
Author: M. Keith Booker
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0810878844

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The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad and burgeoning field of science fiction literature. Science fiction literature has gained immensely in critical respect and attention, while maintaining a broad readership. However, despite the fact that it is a rapidly changing field, contemporary science fiction literature also maintains a strong sense of its connections to science fiction of the past, which makes a historical reference of this sort particularly valuable as a tool for understanding science fiction literature as it now exists and as it has evolved over the years. The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature covers the history of science fiction in literature through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries including significant people; themes; critical issues; and the most significant genres that have formed science fiction literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject.


Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature

Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature
Author: Brian M. Stableford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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"This Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature provides an invaluable guide to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks fantasy's evolution from the origins of literature until the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulse to create and shape fantasy literature, the problems in defining what it is, and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes more than 700 entries on authors, both contemporary and historical, and more than 200 entries on fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies.


The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms

The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
Author: Peter Childs
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2006-07-13
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1134234759

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Covering both established terminology as well as the specialist vocabulary of modern theoretical schools, this is an indispensable guide to the principal terms and concepts encountered in debates over literary studies in the twenty-first century.


The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory

The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory
Author: Peter Auger
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2010-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0857286706

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This Dictionary is a guide to the literary terms most relevant to students and readers of English literature today, thorough on the essentials and generous in its intellectual scope. The definitions are lively and precise in equipping students and general readers with a genuinely useful critical vocabulary. It identifies the thinking and controversies surrounding terms, and offers fresh insights and directions for future reading. It does this with the help of extensive cross-referencing, indexes and up-to-date bibliography (with recommended websites).


Symbolism

Symbolism
Author: Steven Olderr
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2017-02-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0786490675

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The use of symbolism is an art, not a science. Different people use symbols in a variety of ways and each symbol can have diverse meanings, even within the same culture. Not surprisingly, determining the meaning of symbols can be difficult. This valuable reference defines the general symbolism of more than 15,000 terms, from ancient to modern, as well as specialized meanings in mythology, religion, art, literature, folklore, flower language, astrology, heraldry, numerology, and cultures the world over. From "0" to "Zu," each entry catalogs all possible connotations, listed by culture when appropriate, creating the most comprehensive symbolism dictionary available.