A Handbook to Literature - Softcover

Holman, Hugh C.; Harmon, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0023564202 ISBN 13: 9780023564208

Publisher: Macmillan USA, 1992

Synopsis

For undergraduate/graduate-level literature courses.

This comprehensive text is the definitive reference text on literature and literary criticism in English. The text itself is an alphabetical listing of the terms that pertain to literature in English. Now in its eighth edition, it has been used by more than one million students.

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Synopsis:

Designed as a supplement for undergraduate and graduate courses, this book explains and illustrates terms useful in the study of literature. It aims to present a wide range of critical approaches to literature, including recent schools, such as feminism and various ethnic perspectives. The primary material featured ranges from the Middle Ages to the present day.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0023564202
• ISBN 13: 9780023564208
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 672