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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830519903321

Autore

Cuddon J. A (John Anthony), <1928-1996, >

Titolo

A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory / / J. A. Cuddon ; revised by M. A. R. Habib ; associate editors, Matthew Birchwood [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-118-32600-8

1-118-34024-8

1-118-32598-2

1-118-32601-6

Edizione

[5th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (804 p.)

Disciplina

803

Soggetti

Criticism

Literature

English language

Literary form

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Coopyright page; Contents; Preface to the Fifth Edition; Preface to the Fourth Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; A; Abbey Theatre; abecedarius; Abenteuerroman; abjection; abolitionist literature; ab ovo; abridged edition; absence/presence; absolutism; abstract; abstract poem; abusio; academic; academic drama; academy; acatalectic; accelerated rhyme; accent; accentual verse; accidence; acclamatio; acephalous; acervatio; acmeism; acroama; acronym; acrostic; acryology; act; actant; action; activism; actual reader; adage; adaptation

addendumAddisonian; address; adjunctio; adnominatio; adonic; adversaria; adynaton; ae freislighe; Aeolic; Aeschylean; aesthetic distance; aestheticism; affect/affect theory/affective criticism; affectation; affective fallacy; affective stylistics; afflatus; African American Studies; afsana; after-piece; agent, literary; age of reason; agitprop drama; agnominatio; agon; agrarian movement; aiodos; air;



akhyana; alazôn; alba; album; Alcaics; Alcmanic verse; aleatory writing; alejandrino; aleluyas; Alexandrianism; alexandrine; alienation; alienation effect; alinéa; aljamiado; allegory; allegro

alliterationalliterative prose; alliterative revival; alliterative verse; allonym; allusion; almanac; a lo divino; als ob; altar poem; altercatio; alterity; alternance des rimes; alternate rhyme; alternative literature; alternative theatre; ambiguity; amblysia; American Renaissance; amoebean; amour courtois; ampersand; amphiboly; amphibrach; amphigory; amphimacer; amphisbaenic rhyme; amplification; -ana; anabasis; anachorism; anachronism; anaclasis; anacoluthon; anacreóntica; anacreontic verse; anacrusis; anadiplosis; anagnorisis; anagogical; anagram; analects; analogue; analogy; analysis

analytical languageanamnesis; ananym; anapaest; anaphora; anaphoric rhyme; anastrophe; anatomy; ancients and moderns; androgyny; anecdote; Anglo-Norman period; Anglo-Saxon period; angry young man; anisometric; annals; annotation; anomoiosis; anonymous; anonymuncule; antagonist; antanaclasis; anthimeria; anthology; anthropomorphism; antibacchius; anticlimax; anti-hero; antihumanism; anti-literature; antilogy; anti-masque; antimetabole; antinomy; anti-novel; antiphon; antiphrasis; anti-play; antipophora; antisagoge; antispast; antistoichon; antistrophe; antisyzygy; anti-theatre; antithesis

antodeantonomasia; antonym; anxiety of influence; apestail; aphaeresis; aphesis; aphorism; apocalyptic literature; apocope; Apocrypha; Apollonian/Dionysian; apologue; apology; apophasis; apophthegm; aporia; aposiopesis; apostrophe; apparatus (or apparatus criticus); appositum; aptronym; Arcadia; archaism; archetypal criticism; archetype; archi-écriture; Archilochian verse; archive; arch-rhyme; argot; argument; argumentum ad; ars est celare artem; arsis and thesis; arte mayor; arte menor; art for art's sake; articulus; artificial comedy; art nouveau; arts, the seven liberal; Arzamas

ascending rhythm

Sommario/riassunto

With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places J.A. Cuddon's indispensable dictionary firmly in the 21st Century. Written in a clear and highly readable style Comprehensive historical coverage extending from ancient times to the present day Broad intellectual and cultural range Expands on the previous edition to incorporate the most recent  literary terminology New material is particularly focused in areas such as gender studies and queer theory, post-colonial theory, post-structuralism, post-modernism, narrative theory, and cu