Offers a lively, informative guide to words and concepts that every student of literature needs to know. The authors sketch the derivation and history of each term, including especially lucid explanations of verse forms and providing a firm sense of literary periods and movements.
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism presents a comprehensive historical survey of ideas and individuals ranging from Plato and Aristotle to twentieth-century scholars. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
A New Handbook of Literary Terms
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
