Glossary of literary terms explained

This glossary of literary terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in the discussion, classification, analysis, and criticism of all types of literature, such as poetry, novels, and picture books, as well as of grammar, syntax, and language techniques. For a more complete glossary of terms relating to poetry in particular, see Glossary of poetry terms.

See also

• Glossary of poetry terms
• Index of literature articles
• Literary criticism
• Literary theory

Further reading

• M. H. Abrams. A Glossary of Literary Terms. Thomson-Wadsworth, 2005. .
• Book: Baldick . Chris . The Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms . 2004 . Oxford University Press . Oxford . 0-19-860883-7.
• Chris Baldick. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms. Oxford Univ. Press, 2001. .
• Edwin Barton & G. A. Hudson. Contemporary Guide To Literary Terms. Houghton-Mifflin, 2003. .
• Mark Bauerlein. Literary Criticism: An Autopsy. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 1997. .
• Karl Beckson & Arthur Ganz. Literary Terms: A Dictionary. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. .
• Peter Childs. The Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms. Routledge, 2005. .
• J. A. Cuddon. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Penguin Books, 2000. .
• Dana Gioia. The Longman Dictionary of Literary Terms: Vocabulary for the Informed Reader. Longman, 2005. .
• Garner, Bryan. Garner's Modern English Usage. Oxford University Press, 2016.
• Sharon Hamilton. Essential Literary Terms: A Brief Norton Guide with Exercises. W. W. Norton, 2006. .
• William Harmon. A Handbook to Literature. Prentice Hall, 2005. .
• X. J. Kennedy, et al. Handbook of Literary Terms: Literature, Language, Theory. Longman, 2004. .
• V. B. Leitch. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. W. W. Norton, 2001. .
• Frank Lentricchia & Thomas McLaughlin. Critical Terms for Literary Study. Univ. of Chicago Press, 1995. .
• David Mikics. A New Handbook of Literary Terms. Yale Univ. Press, 2007. .
• Ross Murfin & S. M. Ray. The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. .
• John Peck & Martin Coyle. Literary Terms and Criticism. Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. .
• Edward Quinn. A Dictionary of Literary And Thematic Terms. Checkmark Books, 2006. .
• Book: Turco . Lewis . The Book of Literary Terms: The Genres of Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, and Scholarship . 1999 . University Press of New England . Hanover, NH . 0-87451-955-1.