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Description

1 online resource (xi, 348 pages)

Note

"Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--Title page verso.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on

Print version record.

Summary

"A New Handbook of Literary Terms" offers a lively, informative guide to words and concepts that every student of literature needs to know. Mikics' definitions are essayistic, witty, learned, and always a pleasure to read. They sketch the derivation and history of each term, including especially lucid explanations of verse forms and providing a firm sense of literary periods and movements from classicism to postmodernism. The handbook also supplies a helpful map to the intricate and at times confusing terrain of literary theory at the beginning of the twenty-first century: the author has designated a series of terms, from New Criticism to queer theory, that serves as a concise but thorough introduction to recent developments in literary study. Mikics' handbook is ideal for classroom use at all levels, from freshman to graduate. Instructors can assign individual entries, many of which are well-shaped essays in their own right. Useful bibliographical suggestions are given at the end of most entries. The handbook's enjoyable style and thoughtful perspective will encourage students to browse and learn more. Every reader of literature will want to own this compact, delightfully written guide.

Contents

""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A New Handbook of Literary Terms""; ""Index""

Subject

Literature -- Terminology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Criticism -- Terminology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Criticism -- Terminology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Literature -- Terminology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Other Form:

Print version: Mikics, David, 1961- New handbook of literary terms. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2007 9780300106367 030010636X (DLC) 2006037905 (OCoLC)76262218

ISBN

9780300135220 (electronic bk.)

030013522X (electronic bk.)