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1	The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms more books like this by Chris Baldick This dictionary provides succinct and often witty explanations of over one thousand potentially troublesome terms encountered in the study of literature, from 'absurd' to 'zeugma', from the ancient 'dithyramb' to the contemporary 'dub poetry', from the popular 'bodiceripper' to the aristocratic 'masque'. Adjectival forms and other derived words ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.46! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales more books like this by Chris Baldick (Editor) Bringing together the work of such writers as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Arthur Conan Doyle, Eudora Welty, Thomas Hardy, William Faulkner, Isak Dinesen, and Joyce Carol Oates, The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales presents 37 sinister and unsettling tales for all lovers of ghost stories, fantasy, and horror. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.82! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre more books like this by John Polidori, Robert Morrison (Editor), Chris Baldick (Editor) John Polidori's classic tale "The Vampyre" (1819), was a product of the same ghost-story competition that produced Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN. The present volume selects thirteen other tales of mystery and the macabre, while the Introduction surveys the genesis and influence of "The Vampyre" and its central themes and techniques. see all copies from $3.97! new only from $6.18! \| SVS
4	The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms more books like this by Chris Baldick From Jacques Derrida's differance to Henry James's ficelle, the vocabulary of literary theory and criticism can seem difficult if not opaque. To help remedy the average reader's bafflement, this new Third Edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides succinct and often witty explanations of almost twelve hundred terms, covering ... see all copies from $15.67! new only from $15.67! \| SVS
5	In Frankenstein's Shadow: Myth, Monstrosity, and Nineteenth-Century Writing more books like this by Chris Baldick The story of Frankenstein and the monster he created is one of our most important modern myths. This study surveys the history of the myth in literature before the advent of film. First examining the range of meanings generated by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in light of images of political "monstrosity" produced by the French Revolution, Baldick ... see all copies from $25.30! new only from $48.52! \| SVS
6	Criticism and Literary Theory from 1890 to the Present more books like this by Chris Baldick see all copies from $34.14! new only from $46.00!
7	The Modern Movement: 1910-1940 more books like this by Chris Baldick The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. Each of these groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and the ideas that shaped the literary voices ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $30.00!
8	The Oxford English Literary History: Volume 10: The Modern Movement (1910-1940) more books like this by Chris Baldick The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. Each of these groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and the ideas that shaped the literary voices ... see all copies from $50.06! new only from $59.00!
9	The Social Mission of English Criticism 1848-1932 more books like this by Chris Baldick Examining the transformation of English literary criticism, this book focuses on the social objectives of the pioneer critics and educationalists who established modern English studies. Of particular concern is their view of literary culture as a civilizing influence capable of reconciling class conflict, and their desire to preserve this culture ... see all copies from $61.04!
10	Tales of Terror from Blackwood's Magazine more books like this by Robert Morrison (Editor), Chris Baldick (Editor) Blackwood's was the most important and influential literary-political journal of its time, and a major institution not just in Scottish letters, but in the development of British and American Romanticism. Intemperate in political polemic and feared for its literary assassinations, the magazine became just as notorious for the shocking power of its ... see all copies from $49.48!
11	Tales of Terror from Blackwood's Magazine more books like this by Robert Morrison (Editor), Chris Baldick (Editor) Blackwood's was the most important and influential literary-political journal of its time, and a major institution not just in Scottish letters, but in the development of British and American Romanticism. Intemperate in political polemic and feared for its literary assassinations, the magazine became just as notorious for the shocking power of its ... see all copies from $50.00! first editions
12	Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, 2nd Ed. more books like this by Chris Baldick Containing over 1,000 of the most troublesome literary terms encountered by students and general readers, this gem of a book gives clear and often witty explanations to terms such as hypertext, multi-accentuality, and postmodernism. The dictionary also provides extensive coverage of traditional drama, rhetoric, literary history, and textual ... see all copies from $19.67! new only from $19.67!

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