A New Handbook of Literary TermsYale University Press, 01/10/2008 - 368 páginas A New Handbook of Literary Terms offers a lively, informative guide to words and concepts that every student of literature needs to know. Mikics’s definitions are essayistic, witty, learned, and always a pleasure to read. They sketch the derivation and history of each term, including especially lucid explanations of verse forms and providing a firm sense of literary periods and movements from classicism to postmodernism. The Handbook also supplies a helpful map to the intricate and at times confusing terrain of literary theory at the beginning of the twenty-first century: the author has designated a series of terms, from New Criticism to queer theory, that serves as a concise but thorough introduction to recent developments in literary study. Mikics’s Handbook is ideal for classroom use at all levels, from freshman to graduate. Instructors can assign individual entries, many of which are well-shaped essays in their own right. Useful bibliographical suggestions are given at the end of most entries. The Handbook’s enjoyable style and thoughtful perspective will encourage students to browse and learn more. Every reader of literature will want to own this compact, delightfully written guide. |
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... drama. Most stage plays are divided into acts, which are in turn divided into scenes. The beginning of a new act is frequently marked by a change of setting, the commencing of a new narrative thread, or a shift to a different group of ...
... Drama, – ( ), andT. W. Baldwin, Shakespeare's Five-Act Structure ( ). aestheticism (From the Greek aisthein, to perceive; aisthetes, one who perceives.) Aestheticism means relying on seeing, the refined use ...
... ancient example of authorial agon occurs in Aristophanes' comic drama The Frogs ( ) when Aeschylus debates Euripides, each trying to prove that he is the better dramatist. 6 ALEATORY aleatory From Latin alea, a dice game; by.
... Drama ( ); much later, Paul de Man and other deconstructionists continued Benjamin's polemic. Angus Fletcher in his comprehensive and original Allegory( ) gave new life to the critical discussion of allegory. On allegory ...
... Dramatic Poesy ( ) begins with a debate over whether the ancient or the modern poets are superior, and eventually adopts a position (voiced by Dryden's spokesman Neander) that recognizes the virtues of both. Charles Perrault in ...