Description
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.
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.
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