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The Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

The Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Chris Baldick (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

Containing over 1,000 of the most troublesome literary terms encountered by students and general readers, this gem of a book gives clear and often witty explanations to terms such as hypertext, multi-accentuality, and postmodernism. It also offers pronunciation guides and suggestions for further reading for many entries. This is the most up-to-date and accessible dictionary of literary terms available, popular with both students and teachers of literature at all levels.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: 2
 Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 08 Apr 2004
ISBN 10: 0198608837
ISBN 13: 9780198608837

Author Bio

Chris Baldick is Professor of English at Goldsmiths' College, University of London. He edited 'The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales' (1992), and is the author of 'In Frankenstein's Shadow' (1987), 'Criticism and Literary Theory 1890 to the Present' (1996), and other works of literary history. He has edited, with Rob Morrison, 'Tales of Terror from Blackwood's Magazine', and 'The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre', and has written an introduction to Charles Maturin's 'Melmoth the Wanderer' (all available in the Oxford World's Classics series).