The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J A Cuddon

The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J A Cuddon

Gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality). This book explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory. It covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet).

Accomplishes cameo wonders of literary history.. generously and urbanely compiled * New York Times *
Scholarly, succinct, comprehensive and entertaining ... an indispensable work of reference * Times Literary Supplement *

J. A. Cuddon was a writer, school teacher and academic. Best known for his Dictionary of Literary Terms, he also produced the large Dictionary of Sport and Games, as well as several novels, plays and travel books. He also edited two anthologoies of supernatural fiction. He died in 1996.

M.A.R. Habib received his doctorate from the University of Oxford, and is Professor of English at Rutgers University. He is the author of seven books, including A History Of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present (2005), and editor of the Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, Vol. VI (2013). He is currently writing a book entitled Hegel and the Foundations of Modern Literary Theory.

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ISBN 13	9780141047157
ISBN 10	0141047151
Title	The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
Author	J A Cuddon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2014-09-25
Number of pages	816
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