Handbook to Literature, A

by Harmon, William

• ISBN13: 9780131344426
• ISBN10: 0131344420
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780023564208, 9780134037974
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

Thedefinitive,contemporary reference on literature and literary criticism in English, this handbook provides an alphabetical listing of more than 2,000 important terms and facts in literature, linguistics, rhetoric, criticism, printing, bookselling, and information technology.Covers a wide range of terms, most centered in literature, but extending into other areas, such as film, radio, TV, printing, linguistics and literary theory, music, graphic arts, classical studies, and computing and information science terms.For anyone interested in literature and literary criticism.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Tenth Edition	p. vii
To the User	p. ix
Handbook to Literature	p. 1
Outline of Literary History: British and American	p. 557
Appendices	p. 621
A Table of Monetary Terms and Values	p. 622
Nobel Prizes for Literature	p. 625
Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction	p. 628
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