A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z
- ISBN-10
- 0802068030
- ISBN-13
- 9780802068033
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 545
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Author
- Bernard Marie Dupriez
Description
Comprising some 4000 terms, defined and illustrated, "Gradus" calls upon the resources of linguistics, poetics, semiotics, socio-criticism, rhetoric, pragmatics, combining them in ways which enable readers quickly to comprehend the codes and conventions which together make up 'literarity.'
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