A glossary of literary terms

Abstract

A Glossary of Literary Terms contains succinct essays on the terms used in discussing literature, literary history, and literary criticism. This text is an indispensable reference for students. This edition discusses more than one-hundred new terms; and in response to requests by a number of users, each of the following items has been given a substantial new entry: alienation effect; antihero; author and authorship; Black Arts Movement; cultural studies; deism; edition; epic theater; golden age; haiku; Harlem Renaissance; metaphor, theories of; narration, grammar of; postcolonial studies; Pre-Raphaelites; queer theory; science fiction and fantasy; socialist sublime; textual criticism; Victorian and Victorianism.