The book of literary terms
Subtitle: the genres of fiction, drama, nonfiction, literary criticism, and scholarship
By: Lewis Turco.
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Hanover, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Literature -- Terminology.; English language -- Terms and phrases.; Literary form -- Terminology.; Criticism -- Terminology.
Description: "In The Book of Literary Terms, Lewis Turco provides a comprehensive guide to and definitions of all significant terms, forms, and styles for all nonpoetry literary genres. For each, all subgenres and their historical examples are described and defined, all significant terms explicated, and all important styles represented."--BOOK JACKET. "It is a book for students and teachers of all genres of literature, for serious general readers of literature, and for writers and critics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ([189]-190) and index.