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Obras de J. A. Cuddon

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984) — Editor — 141 copias
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984) — Editor — 122 copias
The Owl's Watchsong (1960) 18 copias
Horror Stories (audiobook) (1995) — Editor — 4 copias
The Devil's Children (1974) 3 copias
The Bride of Battersea (1967) 1 copia
Six Wounds (1964) 1 copia

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Nombre canónico
Cuddon, J. A.
Otros nombres
Cuddon, Charles
Cuddon, John Anthony Bowden (birth name)
Fecha de nacimiento
1928-06-02
Fecha de fallecimiento
1996-03-12
Género
male
Nacionalidad
UK
País (para mapa)
England, UK
Lugar de nacimiento
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Lugar de fallecimiento
London, England, UK
Lugares de residencia
London, England, UK
Educación
Douai
Oxford University (Brasenose College)
Ocupaciones
writer
lexicographer
teacher
model
editor
Organizaciones
Emanuel School (teacher)

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I have been dipping in and out of this behemoth during our year of plague. What a remarkable volume it is! Cuddon was a true intellect, a storehouse of literary knowledge, and he here tosses scraps of his enduring wisdom to we poor beggars at the feast. There are two things that make this stand out. First, Cuddon reminds us that we have forgotten how to be true literary omnivores. He will throw in half of a poem by Dryden or Crabbe or Manley Hopkins or Housman, reflect briefly on works from the Ancient Era through to the 1980s, and encourage us to be better, more accommodating readers. To treat Milton and Eliot on the same level, or Brecht and Osborne. Second, Cuddon reminds us that we have - in our own dispiriting 21st century way - forgotten how to love. Or, conversely, we have forgotten the theory of "aesthetic distance" - you'll need to look that up in this dictionary, but at heart it covers the notion of how attached we should get to a text's ideology and meaning to us personally, as opposed to its literary value and meaning intended by the author. Cuddon is not hung up on whether a movement, author, or philosophy quoted within fits with our modern sensibilities, nor whether it ticks a box on some well-meaning checklist. This is about quality and intent, nothing more.

Well, almost. Cuddon is also unashamedly personal; this is his work, and he'll damn sure make you aware of that! (At one point, he rather cheekily refers to "those poets who suffered from Imagism"!)

Bravo.
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therebelprince | 6 reseñas más. | Oct 24, 2023 |
According to the OED the word horror was used in the sense of a "loathing fear, feeling terror or repugnance", as early as the fourteenth century with one example cited from no less than Chaucer in "The Parson's Tale" from his inestimable Canterbury Tales. So the notion has been around a long time and in use by a broad range of authors.
This anthology provides just such a broad range of writers both famous and those not so well-known. Writers include expected representatives like Poe, Henry James, Balzac, Maupassant, Stevenson, and Bierce, among others. But there are those unexpected and unknown to this reader like Percival Landon D. K. Broster, and Monica Dickens. Those authors are surprisingly few and those who are famous also include twentieth century contributors like Bradbury, William Faulkner, Patricia Highsmith and Roald Dahl. This is a quality collection of some of the best examples of the horror story genre that I would recommend to both beginners and experienced readers of terror-filled and haunting tales.… (más)
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jwhenderson | otra reseña | Apr 9, 2014 |
Over the past twenty years J. A. Cuddon's "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory" has become firmly established as a classic work of reference. Now in its fourth edition, complete with many new entries and insights, it remains the most comprehensive and accessible work of its kind and constitutes essential reading for students, teachers and general readers alike.

* Contains over 2000 articles on all aspects of literary terminology and theory
* Gives definitions of technical terms (iamb, hamartia, zeugma) and critical jargon (intertextuality, aporia, binary opposition)
* Explores literary movements (neo-classicism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory (new historicism, structuralism, feminist criticism)
* Covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (sonnet, haiku, ottava, rima)

'Scholarly, succinct, comprehensive and entertaining, this is an important book, an indispensable work of reference. It draws on literature of many languages and quotes aptly and freshly from our own'
- The Times Educational Supplement

'Some entries accomplish cameo wonders of literary history. Others are funny ... generously and urbanely compiled'
- The New York Times

Read more at http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140513639,00.html#yYWLhojZBg...
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andrewnedelchev | 6 reseñas más. | Nov 19, 2013 |
This is a fantastic resource for English teachers and students. Most entries are easily accessible for students at the college level.
 
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emurray35 | 6 reseñas más. | Nov 9, 2012 |

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Miembros
1,588
Popularidad
#16,243
Valoración
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Reseñas
10
ISBNs
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Idiomas
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