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Title: The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J. A. Cuddon, Claire Preston ISBN: 0-14-051363-9 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Comprehensive and Cheap
Comment: This dictionary is a very good reference tool for almost every literary concept and movement imaginable. Topics such as 'deconstruction', 'satire' and 'irony' all receive several pages in this text. The sheer amount of information in this dictionary is mind-boggling.
I recommend this book for those who need a concise, to-the-point definition and exploration of literary movements, literary jargon, and about specific genres.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must-have for students and teachers of literature
Comment: This comprehensive dictionary of literary terms covers much, much more than any other book I've found. It concisely defines literary periods, critical schools, artistic movements, techniques, genres, structural elements, and the derivations of each. No term is too obscure for this volume. Want to know what a rime équivoquée is? Forget what is meant by post-modernism? What was the Florida Street group and with whom did the members identify? Need classic examples of a parody? How does the word "forensics" apply to poetry? You'll find it all in this book of nearly 1000 pages.
This is a highly valuable book for anyone deeply interested in literature and its expressions.
Rating: 5
Summary: Encyclopedic information. But... on newsprint?
Comment: Under twenty dollars for a well thought-out, expertly assembled dictionary of over a thousand pages makes this Penguin an excellent purchase. As for the content, I will simply "second" the observations of earlier reviewers - and recommend that you look through their notes below to be sure this is what you want. This review is just to offer...
One CAVEAT: This inch-and-three-quarters paperback is extremely valuable and deserves to get well thumbed-over by any student of English literature or criticism in general. One could only wish that the publisher had released it in a "quality paperback" format that would better survive such thumbing. The present release (a 2000 paperback reissue of the 1998 hardback) is closer in quality to a mass market paperback, with newsprint grade paper, etc. Annotators and highlighters will find their inks bleeding severely through the pages.
Unfortunately, few of us will have the C-note to lay out for the (presumably much better produced) hardback edition... which would be a *real* treat to keep at one's writing table. Until you win the lottery(or Penguin releases a quality paperback), grab the affordable paperback: it's rewarding enough to keep you *wanting* to highlight, although disappointing when you do.
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Title: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford Paperbacks) by Chris Baldick ISBN: 019280118X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan D. Culler ISBN: 019285383X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Glossary of Literary Terms by M. H. Abrams ISBN: 015505452X Publisher: Heinle Pub. Date: 18 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.95 |
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Title: Cracking the GRE Literature Test, 4th Edition by Jr. Doug McMullen ISBN: 037576268X Publisher: Princeton Review Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature by Wilfred L. Guerin, Earle G. Labor, Lee Morgan, Jeanne C. Reesman, John R. Willingham, John Willingham ISBN: 0195099559 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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