The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Penguin Dictionary)

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The latest installment of this trusted literary companion covers all aspects of literary theory from definitions of technical terms to characterizations of literary movements. Geared toward students teachers readers and writers alike The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory explains critical jargon (intertextuality aporia) schools of literary theory (structuralism feminist criticism) literary forms (sonnet ottava rima) and genres (elegy pastoral) and examines artifacts historic locales archetypes origins of well-known phrases and much much more. Scholarly straightforward comprehensive and even entertaining this is a resource that no word-lover should be without.