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//-->The ConciseOxford Dictionary ofLiterary TermsCHRIS BALDICKOXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSOXFORD PAPERBACKREFERENCEThe Concise Oxford Dictionary ofLiterary TermsChris Baldick is Professor of English at Goldsmiths'College, University of London. He editedTheOxfordBookof GothicTales (1992), and is the author of InFrankenstein's Shadow(1987),Criticism and LiteraryTheory 1890 to the Present(1996), and other works ofliterary history. He has edited, with Rob Morrison,Talesof Terror from Blackwood's Magazine,andTheVampyre and OtherTalesof the Macabre,and haswritten an introduction to Charles Maturin'sMelmoth the Wanderer(all available in the OxfordWorld's Classics series).The most authoritative and up-to-date referencebooks for both students and the general reader.OxfordPaperbackReferenceAbbreviationsABC of MusicAccountingArchaeology*ArchitectureArt and ArtistsArt Terms*AstronomyBetter WordpowerBibleBiologyBuddhism*BusinessCard GamesChemistryChristian ChurchClassical LiteratureClassical Mythology*Colour MedicalComputingDance*DatesEarth SciencesEcologyEconomicsEngineering*English EtymologyEnglish Folklore*English GrammarEnglish LanguageEnglish LiteratureEnglish Place-NamesEuphemismsFilm*Finance and BankingFirst NamesFood and NutritionForeign Words and PhrasesFowler's Modern EnglishUsageGeographyHandbook of the WorldHumorous QuotationsIdiomsIrish LiteratureJewish ReligionKings and Queens ofBritain*King's EnglishLawLinguisticsLiterary QuotationsLiterary TermsLocal and Family HistoryLondon Place Names*MathematicsMedicalMedicinesModern Design*Modern QuotationsModern SlangMusicNursingOperaPaperback EncyclopediaPhilosophyPhysicsPlant-LorePlant SciencesPolitical BiographyPolitical QuotationsPoliticsPopesProverbsPsychology*QuotationsSailing TermsSaintsScienceScientistsShakespeareShips and the SeaSociologyStatistics*SuperstitionsSynonyms and AntonymsTheatreTwentieth-Century ArtTwentieth-Century PoetryTwentieth-Century WorldHistoryWeather FactsWho's Who in OperaWho's Who in the ClassicalWorldWho's Who in theTwentieth CenturyWorld HistoryWorld MythologyWorld ReligionsWriters' DictionaryZoology*forthcomingThe ConciseOxford Dictionary ofLiteraryTermsCHRIS BALDICKOXFORDUNIVERSITY PRESSOXFORDUNIVERSITY PRESSGreat ClarendonStreet,Oxford ox2 6DPOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship,and education by publishing worldwide inOxford New YorkAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Cape TownChennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul KarachiKolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City MumbaiNairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsawwith associated companies in Berlin IbadanOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Pressin the UK and in certain other countriesPublished in the United Statesby Oxford University Press Inc., New York(C) Chris Baldick 2001The moral rights of the author have been assertedDatabase right Oxford University Press (maker)First published 1990First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1991Reissued in new covers 1996Second edition published 2001All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, withoutthe prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press,or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriatereprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproductionoutside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department,Oxford University Press, at the address aboveYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or coverand you must impose the same condition on any acquirerBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataData availableLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication DataData availableISBN 0-19-280118-X13579108642Typeset in Swift and Frutiger by Kolam Information Services Pvt. Ltd, Pondicherry, IndiaPrinted in Great Britain byCox & Wyman Ltd., Reading, England [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]