Download or read book A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms written by Edwin J. Barton and published by . This book was released on 1996-12-31 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms written by Chris Baldick and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-03-20 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms with Strategies for Writing Essays about Literature written by Edwin J. Barton and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Contemporary Guide to Literary Terms is a brief, inexpensive, and accessible handbook of literary terms for a full range of courses, including introduction to literature, literature for composition, American literature, British literature, and Shakespeare. In clear, concise, and user-friendly language, the text highlights its entries with contemporary, multicultural examples. This edition features more terms and new entries for all periods of literary history.
Download or read book The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms written by and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2013-12-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compact guide covers a wide variety of terms commonly used in academic discussions of poetry, fiction, drama, rhetoric, and literary theory. Definitions are kept concise; examples are abundant. The coverage ranges from traditional topics through to recent scholarship, and the straightforward entries aim to enable students to learn new terms with confidence. The pocket glossary brings together entries from a variety of Broadview publications—including The Broadview Anthology of British Literature and The Broadview Anthology of Short Fiction—and adds a number of new entries.
Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms written by Peter Childs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-07-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A Reader s Guide to Literary Terms written by Karl E. Beckson and published by New York : Noonday Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edition for 1975 published under title: Literary terms.
Download or read book The Literary Terms Handbook written by Sunflower Education and published by . This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary terms are the building blocks of literature. Give students a firm grasp of them with this well thought out handbook that features an in-depth look at 29 literary terms. Each lesson follows an easy-to-use format: a definition of the term is followed by a discussion using two excellent examples in prose or poetry. Questions promote and ensure understanding. A writing exercise for each term provides an opportunity for application. Gives students the knowledge and experience to interpret literature with confidence Grades 9-12. Meets National Council of Teachers of English/International Reading Association Standards for the English Language Arts. 58 Pages of Activity Sheets Complete Answer Key Complete definition, description, examples, and exercises for the following literary terms: Allegory Alliteration Allusion Analogy Assonance Atmosphere Ballad Characterization Couplet Figurative Language Foreshadowing Imagery Inversion Irony Metaphor Meter Onomatopoeia Personification Plot (Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution) Point of View Refrain Rhyme Rhythm Simile Sonnet Style Symbolism Theme Tone
Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms written by Peter Childs and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Handbook of Literary Terms written by X. J. Kennedy and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author team of the discipline's most widely used literature anthology, this accessible and instructive guide introduces students to the language of literary study. Featuring an engaging and accessible writing style, this supplemental reference manual for the introductory student has over 400 entries and serves to demystify literature and the terms, techniques, and analysis tools that literary scholars use. NEW TO THIS EDITION: Over 25 additional entries, covering more contemporary terms (blogging, etc). Selected illustrations throughout.
Download or read book A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory written by Jeremy Hawthorn and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking words from a variety of sources, and from a range of different languages and cultures, it is little wonder that contemporary literary theory poses peculiar difficulties of usage and understanding. This third edition of Hawthorn's acclaimed glossary contains a host of new terms, revises many of the previous entries (sometimes very substantially), and includes both an expanded bibliography and detailed recommendations for further reading.
Download or read book Current Literary Terms written by A.F. Scott and published by Springer. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to giving etymology and concise definitions from all branches of literature, extensive quotations are included.
Download or read book Contemporary guide to literary terms written by Edwin J. Barton & Glenda A. Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The identification of elements and approaches in drama, fiction, and poetry can enhance readers' enjoyment, but without a guide to these literary conventions, many readers miss out. This brief, affordable, and accessible handbook of literary terms complements a wide range of literature courses. In clear, concise, and user-friendly language, it defines terms and illuminates them with contemporary, multicultural examples from a vareity of literary genres. Readers also benefit from strategies for writing essays about literature, illustrated by annotated student samples; examples of practical criticism to illustrate the terms; and an updated section on MLA documentation.
Download or read book A Reader s Guide to Contemporary Literary Theory written by Raman Selden and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unsurpassed as a text for upper-division and beginning graduate students, Raman Selden's classic text is the liveliest, most readable and most reliable guide to contemporary literary theory. Includes applications of theory, cross-referenced to Selden's companion volume, Practicing Theory and Reading Literature.
Download or read book Essential Literary Terms written by Sharon Hamilton and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Literary Terms offers clear, concise definitions over 220 must-know literary terms for introductory students.
Download or read book The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms written by Ross C. Murfin and published by Bedford/st Martins. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents over 700 traditional and contemporary critical and literary terms. The entries are arranged alphabetically, extensively cross-referenced and illustrated with hundreds of examples.
Download or read book The Book of Literary Terms written by Lewis Turco and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The much-anticipated second edition of The Book of Literary Terms features new examples and terms to enhance Turco’s classic guide that students and scholars have relied on over the years as a definitive resource for the definitions of the major terms, forms, and styles of literature. Chapters covering fiction, drama, nonfiction, and literary criticism and scholarship offer readers a comprehensive guide to all forms of prose and their many sub-genres. From “Utopian novel,” “videotape,” and “yellow journalism” to “kabuki play,” “Personalism,” and “Poststructuralism,” this book is a valuable reference offering an extensive world of knowledge. Every teacher, student, critic, and general lover of literature should be sure to add The Book of Literary Terms to their library.
