The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism
Author: Joseph Childers PhD Columbia University (Editor), Gary Hentzi (Editor)
Translator: Jong-yeon Hwang
Publisher: Munhakdongne
520 pages | 210*148mm
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About This Book
Modern literary and cultural criticism has tended to express itself in
terms unfamiliar to the nonspecialist (e.g., gynesis, metalanguage,
semiotics). This dictionary provides succinct definitions of more than
450 terms relating to criticism and theory in literature, film,
linguistics, psychoanalysis, philosophy, feminist studies, media
studies, and related areas. Major concepts and schools of thought
receive somewhat longer treatment (e.g., two pages for deconstruction).
Pronunciation is provided for terms when necessary.
While the needs of the nonspecialist receive special consideration, the
dictionary also aims to serve as a useful reference for users with some
background in modern criticism and theory. The compilers omitted terms
too narrowly associated with a single discipline or adequately treated
in sources covering specific fields. The bibliographies that follow most
entries direct the user to fuller treatments of the topics. A
comprehensive bibliography of 25 pages lists all the works cited in the
entry bibliographies. Cross-references within entries direct users to
related entries. An index of names includes critics and theoreticians,
ranging from Freud to Foucault, cited or discussed in the entries.
Recommended, as appropriate, for academic and large public libraries.
Review
The organization of the Dictionary is genuinely helpful, including
as it does short bibliographies for some of the heavyweight entries,
pronunciation guides for others and careful cross-references throughout.
The entries themselves are lucid, reliable, and often scrupulous in
distinguishing various senses of the same term used in different
intellectual traditions.
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