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Praise for the Bedford Glossary:
'An altogether splendid book...informed by a precise sense of what students need now.' - Patricia Meyers Spacks, University of Virginia, USA
'Compact, well-written, and smart, The Bedford Glossary is a resource that my students will and do use.' - James Brock, Florida Gulf Coast University, USA
'The Bedford Glossary brings terms to life for students.' - W. Jason Nelson, Bowling Green State University, USA
'An invaluable companion to students of literature at any level.' - Barry Milligan, Wright State University, USA
'An indispensable tool for literary study.' - J. Hillis Miller, University of California, Irvine, USA
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This essential glossary presents clear, succinct, and lively definitions of over 850 literary and critical terms for today's student. Thoroughly updated and expanded, the third edition features more than 50 new terms, including traditional terms, important contemporary terms and introductions to emerging fields of critical study.
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32 of 35 people found the following review helpful
comprehensive and lucid
1 Dec 1999
Format:Paperback
This glossary is one of the best I have seen, combining both exhaustive and detailed enteries as well as a wide range of coverage. Literary periods from Old English to the Postmodern are discussed in detail - the article on postmodernism is almost six pages. Critical approaches such as structralism and postcolonialism are lucidly presented. Literary trends and tropes are explained with illustrative examples. Crossrefrencing is particularly very useful. All this makes this glossary a good study aid for both literary students and scholars.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Offers far more depth than its title suggests
1 Jun 2003
Format:Paperback
Yes, this is an excellent glossary of terms. It is also much more. Within these 420 pages, the authors have taken time and space to explore in depth the significance of varied approaches to literary analysis and scholarship.
The confusing and politicized nature of 20th Century literary criticism is served well in Murphin & Ray's clear and even-handed explication of various schools and styles. I think that new initiates to literary studies will appreciate the lengthy analyses given to critical schools/styles ( from aestheticism and close reading... to new historicism and 'theory' ). I find that this humbly titled "glossary" offers clearer and fairer insights into of these stormy academic seas that most books claiming "Intro to Criticism" in their titles.
This is a great reference volume for literature students. My only disappointment was the lack of references, and of suggestions for reading in more depth (other than in-passing mention of authors' names and occasional book titles), but that of course would have taken this volume further beyond the class of mere "glossary".
Still, in summary: indispensable - unsurpassed!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Incredibly handy
2 Feb 2008
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I bought this book to help me with a school project that involved identifying about fifty different literary devices in a novel. It offered thorough definitions and examples of everything I needed. I will cherish it as an English major.
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