PTG home
   customer service 
Catalog Search:
 Search
Related Topics:
HUMANITIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE
Humanities
Literature




  
Handbook to Literature, A 9/e
William Harmon
Published July 2002 by Prentice Hall
Copyright 2003, 663 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-13-097998-8
List Price:
$56.00
Inventory Status:
In-Stock
   
Preface
Summary

The definitive, contemporary reference on literature and literary criticism in English, this handbook provides an alphabetical listing of more than 2,000 important terms and facts in literature, linguistics, rhetoric, criticism, printing, bookselling, and information technology. KEY TOPICS: Covers a wide range of terms, most centered in literature, but extending into other areas, such as film, radio, TV, printing, linguistics and literary theory, music, graphic arts, classical studies, and computing and information science terms. MARKET: For anyone interested in literature and literary criticism.

Features

  • NEW - Up-to-date entries and examples—Reflects current literary, critical, and theoretical trends.

    • Provides students with the most recent terminology in the field.

  • NEW - Latest scholarship—From the disciplines of literary history, women's studies, ethnic studies, and film.

    • Provides students with the latest information from a variety of disciplines.

  • Alphabetically arranged reference source—Covers over 2,000 terms.

    • Gives students an easy-to-use, comprehensive source on literature and literary criticism.

  • Wide range of terms—Centered in literature, but extending into other areas, such as film, radio, TV, printing, linguistics and literary theory, music, graphic arts, and classical studies.

    • Provides students with a comprehensive reference of terminology from many different disciplines.

  • Thorough coverage—Considers literature and other forms of cultural expression from classical to modern.

    • Provides students with a comprehensive source on literature and literary criticism.

  • Computing and information science terms—Includes the latest developments in these fields.

    • Provides students with the newest terminology from the booming technology fields.
Table of Contents



To the User.


Handbook to Literature.

Abbey Theatre. Abecedarius. Abridgement. Absolute. Abstract. Absurd. Absurd, Theater of the. Academic. Academic Drama. Academies. Acatalectic. Accent. Accentualism. Accentual—Syllabic Verse. Accismus. Acephalous. Acmeism. Acronym....Zeugma. Zoom Shot.



Outline of Literary History: British and American.


Appendix: Nobel Prizes for Literature.


Appendix: Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction.


Appendix: Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.


Appendix: Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.


Index of Proper Names.


back to top