| A Dictionary of Literary Devices: Gradus, A-Z Comprising some 4000 terms, defined and illustrated, "Gradus" calls upon the resources of linguistics, poetics, semiotics, socio-criticism, rhetoric, pragmatics, combining them in ways which enable readers quickly to comprehend the codes and conventions which together make up 'literarity.' Dupriez Bernard : Bernard Dupriez is professor titulaire, Département d'Études Françaises, Université de Montréal. Halsall Albert :Albert W. Halsall was Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Carleton University. |