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Bringing together original entries written by such celebrated theorists as Terry Eagleton and Malcolm Bradbury with new definitions of current terms and controversies, this is the essential reference book for students of literature at all levels.  \nThis book includes:  \n● New definitions of contemporary critical issues such as ‘Cybercriticism’ and‘Globalization’.  \n● An exhaustive range of entries, covering numerous aspects to such topics as genre, form, cultural theory and literary technique.  \n● Complete coverage of traditional and radical approaches to the study and production of literature.  \n● Thorough accounts of critical terminology and analyses of key academic debates.  \n● Full cross-referencing throughout and suggestions for further reading.  \nPeter Childs is Professor of Modern English Literature at the University of Gloucestershire. His recent publications include Modernism (Routledge, 2000) and Contemporary Novelists: British Fiction Since 1970 (Palgrave, 2004) .  \nRoger Fowler (1939–99), the distinguished and long-serving Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of East Anglia, was the editor of the original Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms (Routledge, 1973, 1987) .  \nAlso available from Routledge  \nPoetry: The Basics Jeffrey Wainwright 0–415–28764–2  \nShakespeare: The Basics Sean McEvoy 0–415–21289–8  \nLiterary Theory: The Basics Hans Bertens 0–415–18664–1  \nContemporary British Novelists Nick Rennison 0–415–21709–1  \nThe Routledge Companion to Postmodernism (Second Edition) Edited by Stuart Sim 0–415–33359–8  \nThe Routledge Companion to Russian Literature  \nEdited by Neil Cornwell 0–415–23366–6  \nWho’s Who in Contemporary Women’s Writing  \nEdited by  \nJane Eldridge Miller 0–415–15981–4  \nWho’s Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing  \nGabriele Griffin 0–415–15984–9  \nWho’s Who in Dickens Donald Hawes 0–415–26029–9  \nWho’s Who in Shakespeare Peter Quennell and Hamish Johnson 0–415–26035–3  \nWho’s Who in Twentieth-Century World Poetry  \nEdited by Mark Willhardt and Alan Michael Parker 0–415–16356–0  \nThe Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms  \nPeter Childsand Roger Fowler  \nBased on A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms, edited by Roger Fowler  \nFirst published in 1973 as A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms Revised edition published in 1987  \nby Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd  \nThis edition published 2006  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016  \nRoutledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © Routledge 1973, 1987, 2006  \nThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006.  \n“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nThe Routledge dictionary of literary terms / [edited by] Peter Childs and Roger Fowler.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \n‘Based on A Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms, edited by Roger Fowler.’ Rev. ed. of: A dictionary of modern critical terms.  \nRev. and enl. ed. 1987.  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \n1. Literature – Terminology. 2. English language – Terms and phrases. 3. Literary form – Terminology. 4. 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