Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms provides clear, concise, and often witty definitions of the most troublesome literary terms from abjection to zeugma. Now available in a new, fully updated and expanded edition, it offers readers increased coverage of new terms from modern critical and theoretical movements, such as feminism, and schools of American poetry, Spanish verse forms, life writing, and crime fiction.
This best-selling dictionary includes extensive coverage of traditional drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as updated and extended advice on recommended further reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms. New to this fully revised edition are recommended entry-level web links. Boasting over 1,200 entries, it is an essential reference tool for students of literature in any language.
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āā¢ Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases
āā¢ An automatic āFuzzy filterā to correct word spelling, as well as āWild cardā ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word
āā¢ Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results
āā¢ Use our Voice search when you don't know how an entry is spelled
āā¢ Share word definitions via installed apps on your device
āā¢ Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.
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āā¢ āFavoritesā feature to create custom folders with lists of words from the extensive library
āā¢ āRecentā list to easily review looked-up words
āā¢ āWord of the dayā section to expand your vocabulary daily
āā¢ Home screen widget provides random words at a glance
āā¢ Split screen support for Android 7 allowing you to use the dictionary simultaneously with other apps.
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