LEWIS TURCO is Emeritus Professor of English and past Director of the Program in Writing Arts at State University of New York, Oswego. A prolific award-winning author, he has published 21 collections of his own poems, including The Shifting Web: New and Selected Poems (1989), and a book of literary criticism, Visions and Revisions of American Poetry (1986). His poetry, fiction, drama, and essays have appeared in most literary magazines, and in over 100 books, most recently in Washburn and Major's World Poetry.
Not merely the list of literary terms the title implies, but a handbook that combines Anglo-American literary terminology with explanatory brief essays and precise examples that guide scholars, students, and neophytes to a better understanding of the subjects treated . . . Used as a reference work in undergraduate survey courses or as a desk reference for serious scholars it would be highly effective . . . highly recommended. Choice"
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