A Dictionary of Literary Terms 2nd Edition  (English, Paperback, Gray Martin)

What distinguishes realism from ‘classic bourgeois’ realism and magic realism? How does a Shakespearean sonnet differ from a Spenserian or a Petrarchan sonnet? The answers to these and many other literary questions are provided in this expanded and updated edition of Martin Gray’s much-acclaimed Dictionary. Wide in scope, it covers such fields as literary movements (neoclassicism, Romanticism,), genres and sub-genres (tragedy, elegy), technical language (anapaest, synecdoche), and schools of literary theory (structuralism, deconstructionism). The result is a clear, lively and informative guide through the bewildering maze of literary terminology.

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Key Features

• The result is a clear, lively and informative guide through the bewildering maze of literary terminology, and one that will enhance the reader's enjoyment of literary studies.
• Numerous illustrative literary examples and useful historical and biographical appendices.
• Ideal for both the student and the general reader.

Table Of Contents

• Introductory note
• Abbreviations -The Dictionary
• Appendix one: Dates of writers and historical figures mentioned in the text.
• Appendix Two: Table of Sovereigns since the Conquest.
• Appendix Three: Main periods of English Literature - The author of this Handbook.