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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... gives us being : the body of the mother . In horror and science fiction stories and films , from H. P. Lovecraft to the Alien movies , the monster that must be abjected ( that is , somehow escaped or defeated ) is frequently an ...
... can be explained and argued concerning a text ( that is , a properly interpretive re- sponse ) from what can only be felt or proclaimed ( a merely affective re- AGON 5 sponse). Describing the feeling that a text gives.
David Mikics. AGON 5 sponse). Describing the feeling that a text gives us, Richards suggested, is dif- ferent from ... give form. This is not a state order, but a historic demand.” agon In Greek, a struggle or contest, whether physical or ...
... gives room for alternative reactions to the same piece of language . " One of Empson's instances is Shakespeare's ... give away whether [ Isabella ] is shy or sly . ” Shakespeare has made it deliberately unclear whether she moves men ...
... gives as an instance of epigram the definition of fox hunting as " the pursuit of the uneatable by the unspeakable . " ) William Blake's aphorism “ eternity is in love with the pro- ductions of time " conveys a contemplative depth that ...