A concise glossary of contemporary literary theory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340539119 ISBN 13: 9780340539118

Publisher: Distributed in the USA by Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1992

The terminology of contemporary literary theory, with its regular adoption of words from a range of different cultures, languages, academic disciplines, critical schools and theoretical approaches, is a frequent source of confusion for students. This reference book provides comprehensive coverage of important new terms that students are expected to be familiar with, together with extended entries on recent theoretical schools and approaches.

Review:

"Hawthorn writes with clarity, authority and careful impartiality, ranging widely over a large number of the disparate terrains that make up "literary theory""--Review of English Studies

"I have read this work...from cover to cover with both pleasure and profit ... the work could be usefully consulted by readers of all levels and experience"--British Journal of Aesthetics

"Useful and wide ranging ... Cross referencing is excellent"--Notes and Queries