A New Handbook of Literary TermsYale University Press, 1 okt 2008 - 368 pagina's A New Handbook of Literary Terms offers a lively, informative guide to words and concepts that every student of literature needs to know. Mikics’s definitions are essayistic, witty, learned, and always a pleasure to read. They sketch the derivation and history of each term, including especially lucid explanations of verse forms and providing a firm sense of literary periods and movements from classicism to postmodernism. The Handbook also supplies a helpful map to the intricate and at times confusing terrain of literary theory at the beginning of the twenty-first century: the author has designated a series of terms, from New Criticism to queer theory, that serves as a concise but thorough introduction to recent developments in literary study. Mikics’s Handbook is ideal for classroom use at all levels, from freshman to graduate. Instructors can assign individual entries, many of which are well-shaped essays in their own right. Useful bibliographical suggestions are given at the end of most entries. The Handbook’s enjoyable style and thoughtful perspective will encourage students to browse and learn more. Every reader of literature will want to own this compact, delightfully written guide. |
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... defined from an individual critic's point of view. I have pursued a personal voice, not devoid of humor—and the occasional wisecrack. I have tried to offer enjoyable lore, in addition to the strictly necessary def- inition: whether ...
... definitions deserve space here. J. A. Cuddon's Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory and Ross Murfin's and Supryia Ray's Bed- ford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms are valuable, and in Cuddon's case ...
... , describing Kafka's universe , defined the absurd as “ that which is devoid of purpose , ” and added , “ Cut off from his 2 ACCOMMODATION metaphysical , religious , and transcendental roots ,. 1 A New Handbook of Literary Terms.
... definition suggests that the conviction of life's absurdity follows from what Nietzsche called the “ death of God , " with the result that humans inhabit a desacralized universe , one without divine plan or purpose . Yet a re- ligious ...
... define himself or herself against an earlier one. Keats's agon with Milton, for instance, is exemplified in his rebellious statement about the au- thor of Paradise Lost: “Life to him would be death to me.” An ancient exam- ple of ...