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SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER
READING
The works mentioned below are basic study aids and reference books
in the field of English literatures and can be found in most university
and departmental libraries. The list is, of course, not intended to be
comprehensive. Of the large number of available texts, only user-
friendly works have been selected. Although general in scope, they
nevertheless provide more focused information on particular topics
than the chapters of this introduction.
Works marked with an asterisk are recommended as a first choice
of further reading for the beginner because of their conciseness and
clarity. General reference works precede more focused texts in the
list.
GENERAL LITERARY TERMINOLOGY
*M.H.Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 7th ed. (Fort Worth, TX:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1994); 434 pp.This comprehensive
reference book explains basic literary terminology, introduces the most
important theoretical movements in literary criticism and lists titles for
further reading; it can be used as a concise study aid for the beginner and
as a terminological reference work throughout one s studies of
literature.
J.A.Cuddon, Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory, 4th ed. (New
York: Penguin, 2000); 1024 pp.This very comprehensive and
inexpensive terminological dictionary provides additional information
that goes beyond Abrams survey.
Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism, ed. Martin Coyle et al., (London:
Routledge, 1991); 1299 pp.Collection of essays on important issues of
literary studies with references for further reading. Besides traditional
areas periods, genres, and theories approximately 100 pages are
devoted to Anglophone literatures outside England and the US.
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AUTHORS AND WORKS
The Oxford Companion to English Literature, ed. Margaret Drabble, 6th ed.
(Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000); 1184 pp.
The Oxford Companion to American Literature, ed. James D.Hart, 6th ed. (Oxford
and New York: Oxford University Press, 1995); 800 pp.These
comprehensive, alphabetically arranged reference works provide basic
factual information about major English and American authors and
literary texts.
Contemporary Writers of the English Language, 4 vols. (London: St. James Press,
1982 94); each volume between 500 and 1000 pp.Frequently reprinted,
this biographical reference work has separate volumes on poets,
novelists, dramatists, and critics and offers valuable information in
particular on young or recently established authors who are not yet
included in older standard handbooks.
International Literature in English: Essays on the Major Writers, ed. Robert L.Ross
(New York: Garland, 1991); 784 pp.Collection of survey essays on the
most important writers of so-called Commonwealth literature or new
literatures in English ; includes suggestions for further reading.
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English, ed. Eugene Benson and
L.W.Conolly, 2 vols. (London: Routledge, 1994); each volume approx.
900 pp.An alphabetically arranged reference work on the major regions,
authors, themes, and genres of literatures in English outside England and
the US. It takes into account recent developments and provides
references to secondary sources.
LITERARY THEORY
The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism, ed. Vincent B.Leitch (New York:
Norton, 2001); 2624 pp.
Critical Theory since Plato, ed. Hazard Adams, rev. ed. (Fort Worth, TX:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992); 1350 pp.Anthologies of
representative primary texts of literary theory from classical antiquity to
the present time.
*Jeremy Hawthorn, A Concise Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory (London
and New York: Edward Arnold, 1992); 210 pp.Concise, alphabetically
organized survey of the most important terms of postmodern literary
theory.
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The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism, ed. Michael Groden and
Martin Kreiswirth (Baltimore, MD and London: The Johns Hopkins
University Press, 1994); 776 pp.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, and Terms, ed.
Irena R.Makaryk (Toronto, Buffalo, NY and London: University of
Toronto Press, 1993); 656 pp.Comprehensive, alphabetically arranged
reference books with short essay-like entries on the most important
movements, proponents, and terms in literary theory as well as
references to further literature.
*Peter Barry, Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory
(Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 1995); 239
pp.Introduction to the most important theoretical developments in the
twentieth century; suitable for beginners.
*Raman Selden and Peter Widdowson, A Reader s Guide to Contemporary
Literary Theory, 4th ed. (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky,
1997); 264 pp.One of the most lucid introductions to recent literary
theory for the beginner. It may be supplemented by:
Raman Selden, Practicing Theory and Reading Literature: An Introduction
(Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1989); 206 pp.This
introductory text applies different critical approaches to major English
texts in order to illustrate the possibilities of various methodologies in
sample interpretations.
Terry Eagleton, Literary Theory: An Introduction, 2nd ed. (Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press, 1996); 288 pp.Widely used introduction
to literary theory which provides a thorough and accessible survey of the
field.
Jonathan Culler, Literary Theory (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000);
152 pp.Very concise introductory outline of essential movements in
literary theory.
WORKS ON SPECIFIC AREAS OF
LITERARY THEORY
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