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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198715447
ISBN-139780198715443
eBay Product ID (ePID)211896735
Product Key Features
Edition4
Book TitleOxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicReference, General
Publication Year2015
GenreLiterary Criticism
AuthorChris Baldick
Book SeriesOxford Quick Reference Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight10.5 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2014-960115
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsThis dictionary's virtues and its plain-spokenness make it ... as apt to the bedside table as to the desk: Dr Baldick is a Brewer for specialized tastes, 'This dictionary's virtues and its plain-spokenness make it ... as apt to the bedside table as to the desk: Dr Baldick is a Brewer for specialized tastes'Times Literary Supplement'fun to read ... first rate'Toronto Globe and Mail
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal801.9503
SynopsisThe bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in its fourth edition, it includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, 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. Completely revised and updated, this edition also features brand-new entries on terms such as distant reading, graphic novels, middle generation, and misery memoir. Many new bibliographies have been added to entries and recommended web links are available via a companion website., The bestselling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Now expanded and in its fourth edition, it includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction., The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear and concise definitions of even the most complex literary terms from abjection to zeugma. An essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. Recommended web links are available via a companion website.