The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Oxford University Press, 1990. None. Hardback. Good. Outline:- Publisher`s Synopsis This dictionary provides succinct and often witty explanations of 1000 potentially troublesome terms encountered in the study of literature from "absurd" to "zeugma" from ancient "dithyramb" to contemporary "dub poetry" from the popular "bodice-ripper" to the aristocratic it is fully up to date with the terminologies of post-structuralism and other modern schools of literary theory it offers extensive coverage of traditional drama versification rhetoric and literary history. Literary schools and movements from Alexandrianism to transcendentalism are included along with dozens of terms from languages and literatures other than forms and other derived words are displayed and simple pronunciation guides are given for over 200 difficult terms.-> the publisher of this HARDBACK book is Oxford University Press The date of this copy is 1990 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK