Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms 3e

The best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (formerly the Concise dictionary) provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. It is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language. It is now available in a new and expanded edition and includes increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, and schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction. It includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. New to this edition are recommended entry-level web links updated via the Dictionary of Literary Terms companion website. * An expanded and fully updated edition of this best-selling dictionary * Additions include new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, crime fiction, feminist criticism * Almost 1,200 entries from abjection to zeugma * Extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history * New recommended entry-level web links updated via the Dictionary of Literary Terms companion website * Additional further reading recommendations * Pronunciation guidance for over 200 termsNew to this edition * New recommended entry-level web links updated via the Dictionary of Literary Terms companion website * Fully revised and expanded * Increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, crime fiction * Updated bibliography