A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory - Hardcover

Cuddon, J. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1444333275 ISBN 13: 9781444333275

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

Synopsis

With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places J.A. Cuddon’s indispensable dictionary firmly in the 21st Century.

• Written in a clear and highly readable style
• Comprehensive historical coverage extending from ancient times to the present day
• Broad intellectual and cultural range
• Expands on the previous edition to incorporate the most recent  literary terminology
• New material is particularly focused in areas such as gender studies and queer theory, post-colonial theory, post-structuralism, post-modernism, narrative theory, and cultural studies.
• Existing entries have been edited to ensure that topics receive balanced treatment

About this title

About the Author

Author

J. A. Cuddon was a renowned academic, essayist, novelist, playwright, and travel writer.  He died in March 1996.

Editor

M. A. R. Habib, Professor of English, Rutgers University, Camden. His books include the highly acclaimed A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present (Blackwell, 2005), Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History (2008), Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction (2011), and the Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Vol. VI: the Nineteenth Century (ed., 2012).

Associate Editors

Matthew Birchwood, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University, London

Vedrana Velickovic, Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Brighton

Martin Dines, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University, London

Shanyn Fiske, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, Camden.

From the Back Cover

The fifth edition of J. A. Cuddon’s classic dictionary updates what has become an indispensable resource for students and teachers at all levels. Incorporating recent literary terminology, the new edition adds many new entries whilst refining existing topics to ensure currency and balance of coverage.

Building on the already broad historical and cultural range, new entries pay particular attention to gender studies and queer theory, postcolonial theory, poststructuralism, postmodernism, narrative theory, and cultural studies.

With many new entries and sensitive edits of existing material, this fifth edition places the charm, wit, and scope of Cuddon’s original work firmly in the twenty-first century.

From the Inside Flap

The fifth edition of J. A. Cuddon’s classic dictionary updates what has become an indispensable resource for students and teachers at all levels. Incorporating recent literary terminology, the new edition adds many new entries whilst refining existing topics to ensure currency and balance of coverage.

Building on the already broad historical and cultural range, new entries pay particular attention to gender studies and queer theory, postcolonial theory, poststructuralism, postmodernism, narrative theory, and cultural studies.

With many new entries and sensitive edits of existing material, this fifth edition places the charm, wit, and scope of Cuddon’s original work firmly in the twenty-first century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1444333275
• ISBN 13: 9781444333275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 808