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A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory
Call Number: PN 41 C83 1998 (Nanaimo Reference)
A glossary of literary terms
Call Number: PN 44.5 A2 1993 (Nanaimo, Cowichan, Powell River Reference)
Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase & fable
Call Number: PN 43 B655 2000 (Nanaimo Reference; various editions also available at Nanaimo, Cowichan & Powell Ri
Poetry handbook : a dictionary of terms
Call Number: PN 44.5 D4 1974 (Nanaimo Reference; Cowichan & Powell River have earlier edition)
The concise Oxford companion to English literature
The concise Oxford dictionary of literary terms
The Oxford companion to English literature
Call Number: PR 19 O95 2000 (Nanaimo Reference; various editions also available at Cowichan & Powell River)
The Oxford companion to twentieth-century literature in English
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The Routledge dictionary of literary terms
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