A Philosophical Lexicon of Literary Terms

Johann M Moser

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Diamond Ledge Press
15 October 2025

Dictionaries; Literary reference works

This Philosophical Lexicon is an analytical glossary of terms whose understanding is indispensable for the serious study of literature and of literary traditions. As such, it leaves aside consideration of terms associated only with discrete historical periods or with merely conventional literary practices. Instead, it focuses on key terms that pertain to those fundamental features that are shared by all literary traditions, no matter when or where they may be found.

Further, rather than seeking to conform its explanation of these universally relevant terms to a predetermined schema, this Lexicon roots its definitions in the practical experience attentive readers have of literary works themselves. Thereby, it aims to show readers how to attain the deepest possible penetration of any individual work of art, helping them better apprehend its uniqueness as well as to appreciatre its value as a delightful object of beauty.

By: Johann M Moser
Imprint: Diamond Ledge Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 304g
ISBN: 9781964001258
ISBN 10: 1964001250
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Johann M. Moser was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1940. He grew up in New York City and later in New Jersey. At Dartmouth College he majored in philosophy and studied with the poet Richard Eberhart. In 1970, he received a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in poetics and medieval literature. From 1970 until his retirement in 2000, he taught literature and philosophy at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. Moser published a volume of verse titled Most Ancient of All Splendors with Sophia Institute Press in 1989, as well as edited and translated for the press both an anthology of classical Nativity verse and, in collaboration with a colleague, Robert Anderson, an edition of St. Thomas Aquinas's hymns and prayers. Moser has recently published two additional collections of verse, as well as two full-length novels and two collections of short stories. He is now embarked on bringing together his various scholarly works, which are being published by the Diamond Ledge Press in a series of volumes. The studies are the results of forty years of teaching, of public lectures, presentations, and seminars, and of writing, in the early 2000s, for a website he once managed. Further volumes may be provided in the future as the occasion requires.