Glossary of Literary Terms

Harpham, Geoffrey Galt; Abrams, M. H.

ISBN 10: 049590659X ISBN 13: 9780495906599

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

"A Glossary of Literary Terms, International Edition," will deepen your understanding of and insights into the literature you love - whether it's classic Greek, modern mysteries, cutting-edge drama, or any other form - and it will open the worlds of literary forms you have yet to discover.

About this title

Review:

Preface. Acknowledgments. How to Use This Glossary. Literary Terms. Index of Authors.

About the Author:

Geoffrey Galt Harpham is the director of the National Humanities Center. The recipient of fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Guggenheim Foundation, he has written extensively in the fields of literary criticism, critical theory, and intellectual history. Among his many books are ON THE GROTESQUE, ONE OF US: THE MASTERY OF JOSEPH CONRAD and THE HUMANITIES AND THE DREAM OF AMERICA. M. H. Abrams is a distinguished scholar who has written prize-winning books on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literature, literary criticism, and European Romanticism. He also is General Editor for THE NORTON ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. In addition, M. H. Abrams has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Ford Foundation, and Rockefeller Postwar fellowships and the Award for Literature by the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1990).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 049590659X
• ISBN 13: 9780495906599
• Binding: Misc. Supplies
• Number of pages: 448