A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms

Carey, Gary/ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen

ISBN 10: 078642950X / ISBN 13: 9780786429509

Published by McFarland & Co Inc Pub, 2007

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alternate edition. 184 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms
• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc Pub
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078642950X
• ISBN 13: 9780786429509
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.35 kilograms

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Synopsis

What is a corrido? What is the difference between a tanka, a choka and a renga? What does it mean when you're doing the dozens? What is a Bildungsroman?

This dictionary of literary terms provides the student, scholar, librarian, or researcher with definitions, explanations, and models of the styles and forms of works of literature. Along with novel, tone, tragedy, and scansion are haiku, noh, griot, and other terms that derive from works long undervalued by the literary world. The examples come from a very broad field of authors--reflecting a spirit of inclusion of all people, races and literary traditions. The editors have elected to quote from literary examples that students are likely to have read and to which they most readily relate (for instance, Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was preferred over a work such as Paradise Lost, which fewer students have read and understand). Included is a listing of poets laureate to the Library of Congress, literature winners of the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes, Booker McConnell Prize winners, a time line of world literature and an index.

About the Authors

At the time of his death in 2006 Cliffs Notes editor Gary Carey lived in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 40 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women's and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.