The Book of Literary Terms : the Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship. Second Edition

The much-anticipated second edition of The Book of Literary Terms features new examples and terms to enhance Turco’s classic guide that students and scholars have relied on over the years as a definitive resource for the definitions of the major terms, forms, and styles of literature. Chapters covering fiction, drama, nonfiction, and literary criticism and scholarship offer readers a comprehensive guide to all forms of prose and their many sub-genres.

From “Utopian novel,” “videotape,” and “yellow journalism” to “kabuki play,” “Personalism,” and “Poststructuralism,” this book is a valuable reference offering an extensive world of knowledge. Every teacher, student, critic, and general lover of literature should be sure to add The Book of Literary Terms to their library.

"In The Book of Literary Terms, Lewis Turco provides a comprehensive guide to and definitions of all significant terms, forms, and styles for all nonpoetry literary genres. For each, all subgenres and their historical examples are described and defined, all significant terms explicated, and all important styles represented."--BOOK JACKET. "It is a book for students and teachers of all genres of literature, for serious general readers of literature, and for writers and critics."--BOOK JACKET.