A New Handbook of Literary Terms

Mikics, David

ISBN 10: 030010636X / ISBN 13: 9780300106367

Published by Yale University Press, 2007

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Yale University Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. Book in VG condition in a VG jacket, now in a removable protective sleeve, with only minor wear. Internally clean. 348pp. Will incur extra overseas postage.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A New Handbook of Literary Terms
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030010636X
• ISBN 13: 9780300106367
• Binding: Book Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Lit Crit

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Synopsis

"A New Handbook of Literary Terms" offers a lively, informative guide to words and concepts that every student of literature needs to know. Mikics' 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' 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.

About the Author

David Mikics is professor of English at the University of Houston. He is the author of several books, including The Limits of Moralizing: Pathos and Subjectivity in Spenser and Milton and The Romance of Individualism in Emerson and Nietzsche.