Literary Terms
The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms
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Fighting Songs and Warring Words
In a century which has been dominated by two world wars, from both of which arose a prodigious amount of poetry, `war poetry' and `war poet' have become everyday literary terms.
Engraved brass art, 'Thai Swan'
Strolling through the mythical Himmaphan forest, home of many sacred animals, a swan pauses to pick up a fallen leaf. Poonsak explores Thai literature and legends in a work he names Hongsa, the literary term for "Swan.
Discourse
The term 'discourse' has a wider range of possible significations than any other term in literary and cultural theory. Yet it is often the term within theoretical texts which is least defined.
The Reader`s Companion to World Literature
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Provides an alphabetical listing and description of authors, works, technical phrases, literary types and terms, mythological figures, and literary periods and movements from all over the world. Reprint. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005.
Strange Power of Speech
This book explores the relationship between tropes of literary property and signification in the writings and literary politics of Wordsworth and Coleridge.