I was just doing some shelving here and came across this book, which I think would be a good resrouce for any English teacher, professor, student or generic old studier of literature:
http://www.worldcat.org/title/handbook-of-literary-terms-literature-language-theory/oclc/474582198&referer=brief_results
Handbook of Literary Terms by X. J. Kennedy, Dana Goiia, & Mark Bauerlein. To test its merit I looked up "hermeneutics", which I remember tripping me up big time way back in college and I was please with the entry, so there you go...
http://www.worldcat.org/title/handbook-of-literary-terms-literature-language-theory/oclc/474582198&referer=brief_results
Handbook of Literary Terms by X. J. Kennedy, Dana Goiia, & Mark Bauerlein. To test its merit I looked up "hermeneutics", which I remember tripping me up big time way back in college and I was please with the entry, so there you go...