Cuddon / Birchwood / Dines A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-32600-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 808 Seiten, E-Book

With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition placesJ.A. Cuddon's indispensable dictionary firmly in the 21stCentury.
* Written in a clear and highly readable style
* Comprehensive historical coverage extending from ancient timesto 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 genderstudies and queer theory, post-colonial theory, post-structuralism,post-modernism, narrative theory, and cultural studies.
* Existing entries have been edited to ensure that topics receivebalanced treatment

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cuddon, J. A.

Birchwood, Matthew

Dines, Martin

Fiske, Shanyn

Velickovic, Vedrana

Weitere Mitwirkende

Habib, M. A. R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Fifth Edition by M. A. R. Habib vi
Preface to the Fourth Edition by C. E. Preston viii
Preface to the Third Edition by J. A. Cuddon x
Acknowledgements xvi
List of Abbreviations xvii
A-Z of Entries 1-784

Über Autor(innen)

Author
J. A. Cuddon was a renowned academic, essayist, novelist,playwright, and travel writer. He died in March 1996.
Editor
M. A. R. Habib, Professor of English, RutgersUniversity, Camden. His books include the highly acclaimed AHistory of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present(Blackwell, 2005), Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: AHistory (2008), Literary Criticism from Plato to thePresent: An Introduction (2011), and the Cambridge Historyof Literary Criticism: Vol. VI: the Nineteenth Century (ed.,2012).
Associate Editors
Matthew Birchwood, Senior Lecturer in English Literature atKingston University, London
Vedrana Velickovic, Lecturer in English Literature at theUniversity of Brighton
Martin Dines, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at KingstonUniversity, London
Shanyn Fiske, Associate Professor of English at RutgersUniversity, Camden.