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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... frequently quite abbreviated com- pared with mine: I offer extended commentary in cases where it is warranted. Many rhetorical terms that are excluded from the Handbook, from anadiplo- sis to hypallage and beyond, can be found in ...
... frequently an amorphous , vaguely maternal , looming and terri- ble presence : " one of those violent , dark revolts of being " ( Kristeva ) . See Kris- teva , Powers of Horror ( 1980 ) . absurd An absurd situation is one that is ...
... frequently marked by a change of setting , the commencing of a new narrative thread , or a shift to a different group of characters ( as well as , often , an intermission ) . The plays of Shakespeare and other Renaissance dramatists are ...
... frequently feature elaborate mythological allu- sions, a polished surface, and a slender, elegant style. Among the major Alexandrian poets are Apollonius Rhodius, author of the Argonautica, an epic on Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece ...
... frequently relied on an alliterative thread in his poetry , as he evoked the hammering , repeated consonants of Old English verse : “ Doom is dark and deeper than any sea - dingle . ” A later poet , John Ashbery ( b . 1927 ) , quoted ...