This is an insightful guide to literary terms in context. In clear,
non-technical language, this dictionary explores more than 1,000
literary terms and themes - with 200 new to this edition. Taking an
expanded view of the term ""literary,"" this book gives readers not
only a traditional literary vocabulary, but also the knowledge of
related theoretical, historical, and cultural terms they need in
the interdisciplinary world of contemporary literary studies. New
entries include: traditional literary terms and themes, such as
individualism, skepticism, and the Odysseus/Ulysses theme; literary
topics that have become increasingly popular in recent years, such
as terrorism and prison literature; and, subjects perennially
popular among writers, such as alcoholism, baseball, and vampirism.
Its features include: fresh definitions and examples of standard
literary and related terms such as meter, antagonist, and New
Criticism; essays on major themes in literature such as evil,
power, love, death, time, and more; terms related to multicultural
and feminist literature; major contemporary theoretical terms, with
clear definitions and examples; and culture terms from film,
television, psychology, history, and other fields related to
literature. It serves as a reference.
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