{"id":8414,"date":"2023-10-20T07:09:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T07:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=8414"},"modified":"2023-10-20T07:09:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T07:09:08","slug":"glossary-of-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2023\/10\/20\/glossary-of-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary of Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing what words really mean is an essential reading aid, especially when it comes to reviews or blurbs. \u00a0So here's a guide (source unknown but I got it c\/o a response to the Bluestocking article on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/dc1b4dea-fbfc-46d6-a1de-b6bba52355c8?j=eyJ1IjoiMW1ucWZ3In0.-d_22mz8SgHi8o1g8-yJr9QqELbwc4mKe9HOWTdM-74\" rel=\"\">book blurbs<\/a>. \u00a0<\/em>Of course, it could also be an aid to writing reviews (etc) if you get stuck.<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to use shamelessly and do expand the list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Glossary\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enchanting = there\u2019s a dog in it<\/p>\n<p>Heart-warming = a dog and a child<\/p>\n<p>Moving = child dies<\/p>\n<p>Heart-rending = dog dies<\/p>\n<p>Thoughtful = mind-numbingly tedious<\/p>\n<p>Haunting = set in the past<\/p>\n<p>Exotic = set abroad<\/p>\n<p>Audacious = set in the future<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning = set in India<\/p>\n<p>Perceptive = set in north London<\/p>\n<p>Provocative = infuriating<\/p>\n<p>Epic = editor cowed by author\u2019s reputation<\/p>\n<p>From the pen of a master = same old same old<\/p>\n<p>In the tradition of = shamelessly derivative<\/p>\n<p>Spare and taut = under researched<\/p>\n<p>Richly detailed = over-researched<\/p>\n<p>Disturbing author = bonkers<\/p>\n<p>Stellar author = young and photogenic<\/p>\n<p>Classic author = hanging in there<\/p>\n<p>Vintage author = past it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing what words really mean is an essential reading aid, especially when it comes to reviews or blurbs. \u00a0So here's a guide (source unknown but I got it c\/o a response to the Bluestocking article on book blurbs. \u00a0Of course,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comment","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}