Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory

AuthorJ. A. Cuddon was a renowned academic, essayist, novelist, playwright, and travel writer.  He died in March 1996.EditorM. A. R. Habib, Professor of English, Rutgers University, Camden. His books include the highly acclaimed A History of Literary Criticism: From Plato to the Present (Blackwell, 2005), Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History (2008), Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present: An Introduction (2011), and the Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Vol. VI: the Nineteenth Century (ed., 2012).Associate EditorsMatthew Birchwood, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University, LondonVedrana Velickovic, Lecturer in English Literature at the University of BrightonMartin Dines, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Kingston University, LondonShanyn Fiske, Associate Professor of English at Rutgers University, Camden.

• Preface to the Fifth Edition by M. A. R. Habib viPreface to the Fourth Edition by C. E. Preston viiiPreface to the Third Edition by J. A. Cuddon xAcknowledgements xviList of Abbreviations xviiA-Z of Entries 1-784

“Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-level undergraduate students in English and comparative literatures; general readers.”  (Choice, 1 August 2013)