A twenty-first century version of Roger Fowler’s 1973
Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms
, this latest edition of
The
Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms
is the most up-to-date guide to critical and theoretical concepts available to students of literature at all levels.
With over forty newly commissioned entries, this essential reference book includes:
an exhaustive range of entries, covering such topics as genre, form, cultural theory and literary technique
new definitions of contemporary critical issues such as
Cybercriticism
and
Globalization
complete coverage of traditional and radical approaches to the study and production of literature
thorough accounts of critical terminology and analyses of key academic debates
full cross-referencing throughout and suggestions for further reading.
Covering both long-established terminology as well as the specialist vocabulary of modern theoretical schools,
is an indispensable guide to the principal terms and concepts encountered in debates over literary studies in the twenty-first century.