Essential Literary Terms offers clear, concise definitions over 220 must-know literary terms for introductory students.

This text defines and discusses terms, critical theories, and points of view that are commonly used to classify, analyse, interpret, and write the history of wo

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Covering both established terminology as well as the specialist vocabulary of modern theoretical schools, this is an indispensable guide to the principal terms

The best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (formerly the Concise dictionary) provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troubles