A Handbook to Literature"Based on the original edition by William Flint Thrall and Addison Hibbard." Alphabetic entries define, explain, and illustrate terms associated with American and English literature. |
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ACTION ALLITERATION American appeared applied beginning born called century CHARACTER CLASSICAL COMEDY common complete conventional CRITICISM Death designate developed Died DRAMA early edition effect elements Elizabethan emotional employed England English EPIC ESSAY example expression FICTION figures French frequently George given Greek Henry History human idea important influence interest James John kind language later Latin lines literary literature LYRIC manner marked meaning medieval Middle moral movement nature Novel object original pattern period person PLAY PLOT POEM POET poetic POETRY popular present printed produced PROSE qualities reader References RENAISSANCE reprinted result rhetorical RHYME Robert ROMANCE SATIRE scenes School sense serious Shakespeare short sometimes SONG sound speech stage STANZA STORY stressed STRUCTURE STYLE syllables term theory things Thomas thought tion tradition TRAGEDY usually VERSE writers written
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| Title | A Handbook to Literature |
| Authors | Clarence Hugh Holman, William Harmon |
| Editor | William Harmon |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 28, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0025534300, 9780025534308 |
| Length | 647 pages |
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