Dictionary of Literature in EnglishThis dictionary is a guide to the key authors, concepts, and terms used in the study of literature written in English. Each entry begins with a straightforward definition, and is followed by explanation and examples. Each writer is defined by type, significant preoccupation and/or style, and a selection of notable works. There are a number of entries on writers in a foreign language who have had a major influence on literature in English. One of the most important uses of this book is as a cross-referencing tool. Italicized cross-referenced entries form an interrelated web, presenting a unified overall picture of particular areas of interest. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 14 |
Section 3 | 24 |
Section 4 | 39 |
Section 5 | 49 |
Section 6 | 51 |
Section 7 | 57 |
Section 8 | 63 |
Section 13 | 88 |
Section 14 | 95 |
Section 15 | 112 |
Section 16 | 118 |
Section 17 | 124 |
Section 18 | 137 |
Section 19 | 148 |
Section 20 | 169 |
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20th century American novelist American poet antinovel aspects audience autobiographer BALLADS best known biographer black comedy Byron characters Chaucer Coleridge COLLECTED POEMS comedy contemporary create culture describe detective fiction device drama elegy Elizabethan England English novelist English playwright English poet epic essay essayist example experiences explores eye rhyme famous fiction genre gothic half rhyme Henry humorous iambic ideas influenced Johnson Jonathan Swift journalist Keats KING language Leavisite literary critic literary sense literature written lyric magic realism meaning meter modern moral narrative narrator narrator/narrative voice Notable works include novel novelist novelist and short Percy Shelley period plays playwright poetic poetry political popular poststructuralism prose reader realism refers regarded Restoration comedy rhyme rhythm Romantic Romanticism satirical screenwriter short story short story writer social song sonnet stanza style subject matter syllable T.S. Eliot theater themes theory Thomas traditional tragedy travel writer William witty word Wordsworth wrote