International Dictionary of Literary Terms
Managing editor: Jean-Marie Grassin
Web editor: Joseph Fahey
Founded in 1958 in Chapel Hill, N.C., by the Association Internationale de Littérature Comparée (ICLA, Robert Escarpit).
A multilingual lexicographical watch on criticism, literary theory and cultural studies, coordinated at the Université de Limoges by the PPF "Theory and Terminology of Literature", a coordination of comparative literature research centers created by the SFLGC (Jean Bessière) and sponsored by the French Ministry of Research.
In partnership with the literary research portal Fabula.
DITL publications: Vita Nova.
The Dictionary is comprised of the articles submitted to the DITL, whether they have been approved by the scientific committee, or are simply proposed for suggestions and scholarly review. The articles are in French or English at the discretion of their authors.
The DITL Thesaurus provides direct access to the entire DITL lexicographical database, including those terms for which articles have not yet been submitted.
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