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The latest version of this faithful companion literature covers all aspects of literary theory, definitions of technical terms for the characterization of literary movements. For students, professors, readers and writers like, “said the Penguin Dictionary of Literary Theory under critical jargon (intertextuality, aporia), schools of literary theory (structuralist, feminist criticism), literary forms (sonnet, octave) and genres (ELEG … more>>
The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory
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You get great value for money with it. For one low price you get almost 1000 pages of literary information. Every obscure literary term imaginable is here, but that’s not why I take the time to praise this volume handy. It is a dream browsers. What
me the most interesting are long articles on gender. There are pages devoted to certain types of novels, plays and poems. There are luxuriously long sections on science fiction novels, thrillers, writing pastoral tales, gothic novels, comic drama, and a host of other issues. If you go to the short history section, for example, you can find 12 pages devoted to the supply of the authors and their works from Biblical times to the present (1998). I quickly discovered a writer has recommended that I do not know with whom I knew. Although this book was cheap, I spent several times the purchase price to the purchase of new books that I mentioned in this dictionary. There are no entries for the authors or their works in this book. For you the books as Oxford, Cambridge, New York Public Library or Benet literature must make reference. In Sections
poetry to provide examples of the type of worms discussed. They will be some entries under “towards the light” and “Limericks” provided entertainment. There is even a category for “Shaggy Dog Story.
weaknesses of the book? Now there are few. This book is a single author, unlike many reference books, a group of contributors. This can lead to weaker sections who are outside the jurisdiction of solo lead author. Each reader will find a favorite author or two missing sections of the genus. I was horrified to find, for example, no mention of Flannery O’Connor in the section on American writers. As the author is English, it can also be a slight tendency of English writers. I was also irritated to hear Mr. Cuddon often but not always, do not take the time to give a foreign title of the English translation. Would it hurt her, the novel by Victor Hugo’s Toilers of the Sea “instead of” Toilers of the Sea “list?
Hopeless book addict, and this reference book I have really small made my day (s).
Rating: 5.5
This dictionary can be addictive (and often, I think), read from cover to cover. Hundreds of fascinating poetic forms, genres and movements are recorded, the definitions are informative and often ironically detached house (note the comments on the lapidary studiedly Welsh poetry), almost all the major European literatures are included, plus there are comments on Slavonic folklore, poetry, Korean, Welsh prosody, literary theory and ancient Greek.
wiring and plumbing in the book, its cross-reference is very well done and very useful to draw the reader on a roller coaster ride over the centuries. Another remarkable quality is the number
full of examples, including the title with a legion of important / interesting / exciting / dementia literary works are often buried in the sands of time. Unfortunately, many metrics and strophic forms are not indicated for reasons of space: a fact of Cuddon even complained in the preface.
but not distract from this book is worth it: its logical structure and clear explanations, combined with his impressive erudition of the author, make this book an invaluable reference.
Rating: 5.5
The complete dictionary of literary terms covers much more than any other book I found. It concisely literary epochs, the critical schools, artistic movements defined, techniques, genres, structural elements, and derivatives of each. No word is too dark for this group. Want to know what a rhyme is équivoquée? Forget what we mean by postmodernism? What was the Florida Street group and with whom the members have identified? Need classic examples of a parody? How does the word “forensic” refers to poetry? You can find them all in this book of nearly 1000 pages.
is a very useful book for anyone deeply interested in literature and its forms of expression.
Rating: 5.5
After twenty dollars for a well-designed, professionally installed dictionary with more than a thousand pages this is an excellent purchase Penguin. Regarding content, I just want to “second” the comments of previous reviewers – and recommend you look through their notes below to be sure that what you want. This notice is to provide a only. . .
a drawback: The price and three quarters portfolio is extremely valuable and deserves to get a foot taller each student of English literature and criticism in general. We can only hope that the publisher was in a paperback “quality” format that would better survive the flick released. The current version (a 2000 reissue of 1998 related Paperback) is closer to the quality of a paperback book with newspaper-quality paper, etc. find their annotation and marker ink bleeding into the pages too.
have Unfortunately, few of us are the layout to the C-Note (probably have produced much better) Hardcover. . . it would be a real treat * * to stop at a desk. Until the lottery (or presses a quality win Penguin Paperback) attack, Paperback affordable: it’s rewarding what you want * * to score, but disappointing when you do.
Rating: 5.5
I am a post-los BACC Engl great to get my Masters and I ordered this wonderful book! In particular, I needed help with words of poetry, how the different counters and others. But this dictionary has revealed an invaluable wealth of information, addressing the concepts and theories of literary children’s rhymes to the reader-response theory! It is intended for those who simply want a reference book on this kind of thing for someone like me, a resource guide for teaching should be great! Highly recommended!
Rating: 5.5