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The Oxford dictionary of literary terms / Chris Baldick.

by Baldick, Chris.

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Oxford University Prress, 2015.

Criticism -- Terminology.

English language -- Terms and phrases.

Literary form -- Terminology.

Literature -- Terminology.

Oxford quick reference.

9780198715443 (pbk.)

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x, 392 p. ; 20 cm.

Previous (3rd) edition published in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Provides clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma. An essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. This fourth edition 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. Features brand-new entries on terms such as distant reading, graphic novels, middle generation, and misery memoir."--Provided by publisher.

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