A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary TheoryWith new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places J.A. Cuddon’s indispensable dictionary firmly in the 21st Century.
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Common terms and phrases
associated authors ballad character Chaucer Classical comedy q.v. comic concept couplet criticism cultural D. H. Lawrence dactylic denotes describe developed différance discourse drama dramatists early English epic especially essay example famous fiction French genre Gerard Manley Hopkins German Gothic novel Greek human iamb idea influence instance John kind known language large number Latin lines literary literature lyric Marxist meaning medieval meter metrical metrical foot modern moral movement narrative neoclassicism notable novel q.v. origin particularly period philosophical play poem poetic poetry poets political popular postcolonial poststructuralism prose Provençal published qq.v reader realism refers Renaissance rhyme rhythm Roman satire Shakespeare short story social socialist realism song sonnet speech stanza structure studies style syllables symbolic T. S. Eliot term theatre themes theory Thomas tradition tragedy trochee usually W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden William word writers written wrote