Penguin.Dictionary.of.Literary.Terms.and.Literary.Theory._3rd_ed.pdf

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THE PENGUTN DICTIONARY OF LITERARY

TERMS AND LITERARY THEORY

J. A. cuddon was born in l92B.He waseducatedat Douai school and

at Brasenosecollege, oxford, where, after taking a degree,he did

postgraduate work on the conceprof evil and thedevil in medievaland

Renaissance literature. As well as numerous essays, short stories,

articles, contributions to encyclopedias, a dozen plays and three

libretti, he alsopublished a number of novels,notably A Muhitude of

sins, Testament of lscariot, Acts of Darkness, Tbe six wounds and

The Bride of Battersea,and two travel books, Tbe oul's watcbsong:

A study of Istanbul and rhe companion Guide to lugoslauia. A

Dictionary of Literary Terms,the basisof this work, was begun while

hewas on a fellowship at cambridge in rgl9and wascompletedseven

yearslater. In 1980hepublishedA Dictionary of sport and Games,a

two-million word account of most of the spomsand games of the

world since5200rc, which cameour in paperback in 19g1.He edired

both The Penguin Book of Ghost stories and The penguin Book of

Horror stories in 1984,and James Hogg's The private Memoirs and

confessions of a Justified sinner in r99j. A compulsive traveller,

with a special inrerestin the Balkans and the Near East, his main

recreations weregoing to the theatre, watching sport and pursuing an

amateur interest in zoology.

J. A. cuddon died in March l996.rnits obiruary The Timesdescribed

him as 'one of the great polymaths of his d"y ... rearned and erudite

... lhe was] alwaysa pleasure to read'.

THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY

OF LITERARY TERMS

AND LITERARY THEORY

J. A. Cuddon

(reuised by C. E. Preston)

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First published in Great Britain by An&6 Dcut*hltd 1977

Revised edition.published in Great Britein by Andre Deutsch Ltd 199

Third cdition published by Basil Blackwell Ltd l99t

Published in Pcnguin Books 1992

Founh cdition published by Blackwcll Publishcrs Ltd 1998

Publishcd in Pcnguin Books 1999

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