A Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms

By Gary Carey

Book Overview

What is a corrido? What is the difference between a tanka, a choka and a renga? What does it mean when you're doing the dozens? What is a Bildungsroman? This dictionary of literary terms provides the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078640552X
• ISBN13: 9780786405527
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: McFarland Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Essential reference text for any bookshelf!

Experts do it best! This book has it all: complete list of terms, easy-to-read definitions, interesting examples.At the price, it can't be beat. (I'm telling all my friends to pick up some extra copies as gifts. They're great for high school and college kids.)