Your friendly guide to Literary terms

This new guide is academically accurate and thorough, but is expressed in simple, non-technical language for ease of understanding, and in a relaxed, conversational style. The entries are arranged alphabetically for quick reference, and each term, such as allegory, allusion, apostrophe, antithesis, onomatopoeia, enjambment and meiosis, is clearly defined and is illustrated with extensive examples from poetry, prose fiction and drama. 

An invaluable guide for

• Students of literature at schools, colleges, technikons and universities
• Independent learners studying through distance systems
• Teachers and lecturers

  "It saves me hours of re-teaching things that my students have forgotten."

  "I can work on my own because it helps me to understand the study notes."

  "It’s worth having just for the examples. It’s so easy to use and understand."

By the author of
    - English in Context
    - Wordsmiths
    - Exploring English
    - Rainbow Voices
    - Music to the wind