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This glossary of literary terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in the discussion, classification, analysis, and criticism of all types of literature, such as poetry, novels, and picture books, as well as of grammar, syntax, and language techniques. For a more complete glossary of terms relating to poetry in particular, see
Glossary of poetry terms This is a glossary of poetry. This is a glossary of poetry terms. Basic composition * Accent ** Vedic accent * Cadence: the patterning of rhythm in poetry, or natural speech, without a distinct meter. * Line: a unit into which a poem is divi ...
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Glossary of poetry terms This is a glossary of poetry. This is a glossary of poetry terms. Basic composition * Accent ** Vedic accent * Cadence: the patterning of rhythm in poetry, or natural speech, without a distinct meter. * Line: a unit into which a poem is divi ...
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Index of literature articles Articles related to literature include: A Accent - Accentual verse - Accentual-syllabic verse - Aesthetic movement - Allegory - Alliteration - Allusion - Ambiguity - Anecdote - Antagonist - Apostrophe - Assonance - Author's purpose - ...
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Literary criticism Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...
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Literary theory Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Culler 1997, p.1 Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, mo ...


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* M. H. Abrams. ''A Glossary of Literary Terms''. Thomson-Wadsworth, 2005. . *Chris Baldick. ''The Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms''. Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. . *Chris Baldick. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms''. Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. . *Edwin Barton & G. A. Hudson. ''Contemporary Guide To Literary Terms''. Houghton-Mifflin, 2003. . *Mark Bauerlein. ''Literary Criticism: An Autopsy''. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. . *Karl Beckson & Arthur Ganz. ''Literary Terms: A Dictionary''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. . *Peter Childs. ''The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms''. Routledge, 2005. . *J. A. Cuddon. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Books, 2000. . *Dana Gioia. ''The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms: Vocabulary for the Informed Reader''. Longman, 2005. . * Garner, Bryan. ''Garner's Modern English Usage''. Oxford University Press, 2016. *Sharon Hamilton. ''Essential Literary Terms: A Brief Norton Guide with Exercises''. W. W. Norton, 2006. . *William Harmon. ''A Handbook to Literature''. Prentice Hall, 2005. . *X. J. Kennedy, et al. ''Handbook of Literary Terms: Literature, Language, Theory''. Longman, 2004. . *V. B. Leitch. ''The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism''. W. W. Norton, 2001. . *Frank Lentricchia & Thomas McLaughlin. ''Critical Terms for Literary Study''. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1995. . *David Mikics. ''A New Handbook of Literary Terms''. Yale Univ. Press, 2007. . *Ross Murfin & S. M. Ray. ''The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms''. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. . *John Peck & Martin Coyle. ''Literary Terms and Criticism''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. . *Edward Quinn. ''A Dictionary of Literary And Thematic Terms''. Checkmark Books, 2006. . *Lewis Turco. ''The Book of Literary Terms: The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship''. Univ. Press of New England, 1999. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Literary terms Wikipedia glossaries Terms Terms * Literature lists Wikipedia glossaries using description lists