The Anthem Dictionary of Literary Terms and Theory - Paperback

by Peter Auger (Author), Robert Douglas-Fairhurst (Foreword by)

This Dictionary is a guide to the literary terms most relevant to students and readers of English literature today, thorough on the essentials and generous in its intellectual scope. The definitions are lively and precise in equipping students and general readers with a genuinely useful critical vocabulary. It identifies the thinking and controversies surrounding terms, and offers fresh insights and directions for future reading. It does this with the help of extensive cross-referencing, indexes and up-to-date bibliography (with recommended websites).

Author Biography

Peter Auger previously studied at the University of Cambridge, and is pursuing government-funded research at the University of Oxford.