With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places
J.A. Cuddon’s indispensable dictionary firmly in the 21st
Century.
* Written in a clear and highly readable style
* Comprehensive historical coverage extending from ancient times
to the present day
* Broad intellectual and cultural range
* Expands on the previous edition to incorporate the most recent
literary terminology
* New material is particularly focused in areas such as gender
studies and queer theory, post-colonial theory, post-structuralism,
post-modernism, narrative theory, and cultural studies.
* Existing entries have been edited to ensure that topics receive
balanced treatment
Tabela de Conteúdo
Preface to the Fifth Edition by M. A. R. Habib vi
Preface to the Fourth Edition by C. E. Preston viii
Preface to the Third Edition by J. A. Cuddon x
Acknowledgements xvi
List of Abbreviations xvii
A-Z of Entries 1-784
Sobre o autor
Author
J. A. Cuddon was a renowned academic, essayist, novelist,
playwright, and travel writer. He died in March 1996.
Editor
M. A. R. Habib, Professor of English, Rutgers
University, Camden. His books include the highly acclaimed A
History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present
(Blackwell, 2005), Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A
History (2008), Literary Criticism from Plato to the
Present: An Introduction (2011), and the Cambridge History
of Literary Criticism: Vol. VI: the Nineteenth Century (ed.,
2012).
Associate Editors
Matthew Birchwood, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at
Kingston University, London
Vedrana Velickovic, Lecturer in English Literature at the
University of Brighton
Martin Dines, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston
University, London
Shanyn Fiske, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers
University, Camden.
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