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Oxford University Press, 2000. — 136 p. — (Very Short Introductions). There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand...

2nd edition. — Oxford University Press, 2001. — 280 p. With over 1,000 entries, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms contains all of the most taxing literary terms that readers may come across. Clear and entertaining explanations are given for words such as multi-accentuality, postmodernism, and hypertext. The dictionary also provides extensive coverage of...

University of Minnesota Press, 2008. — 248 p. — ISBN: 978-0-8166-5447-5. First published in 1983, Literary Theory: An Introduction is probably the best-selling work of literary criticism in the world today. It propelled its author to a position of such influence and controversy within the British academy that even Prince Charles once described him as that dreadful Terry...

Oxford University Press, 2008. — 144 p. — (Very Short Introductions). The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question and offers his own surprising answer. Eagleton first...

Oxford University Press, 2007. — xxx, 1334 pages. — ISBN 978-0-19-514378-2. The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics presents a comprehensive overview of the main theoretical concepts and descriptive/theoretical models of Cognitive Linguistics, and covers its various subfields, theoretical as well as applied. The first twenty chapters give readers the opportunity to acquire...

Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. — 1544 p. — (Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature). — ISBN 978-1-4051-8312-3. This is the first comprehensive multi-volume encyclopedia of literary and cultural theory. Arranged in three volumes covering Literary Theory from 1900 to 1966, Literary Theory from 1966 to the present, and Cultural Theory, this encyclopedia provides accessible entries on...