Literary Dictionary
This gem of a book gives clear and often witty explanations to the most troublesome literary terms encountered by students and general readers. The dictionary also provides extensive coverage of traditional drama, rhetoric, literary history and textual criticism. It is fully updated to include terms that have become prominent in the last few years, including cyberpunk, antanaclasis and logrolling. Terms from languages and literature other than English are given, as are pronunciation guides for over 200 difficult terms.
On this page: S & F to sociology of literature.