What is a corrido? What is the difference between a tanka, a choka
and a renga? What does it mean when you're doing the dozens? What
is a Bildungsroman? This dictionary of literary terms provides the
student, scholar, librarian, or researcher with definitions,
explanations, and models of the styles and forms of works of
literature. Along with novel, tone, tragedy, and scansion are
haiku, noh, griot, and other terms that derive from works long
undervalued by the literary world. The examples come from a very
broad field of authors - reflecting a spirit of inclusion of all
people, races and literary traditions. The editors have elected to
quote from literary examples that students are likely to have read
and to which they most readily relate (for instance, Angelou's ""I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"" was preferred over a work such as
""Paradise Lost"", which fewer students have read and understand).
Included is a listing of poets laureate to the Library of Congress,
literature winners of the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, Booker
McConnell Prize winners, a time line of world literature and an
index.
General
Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2007 |
First published: |
November 2006 |
Authors: |
Gary Carey
• Mary Ellen Snodgrass
|
Dimensions: |
257 x 178 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
192 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-2950-9 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-7864-2950-X |
Barcode: |
9780786429509 |
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