stock character

Baldick, C. (2015). stock character. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2015

ISBN

9780198715443

Link

https://www.oup.com.au/books/general-interest/literature/9780198715443

Cited by

1 citation across 1 artifact.

Domain-specific

• Absent-Minded Professor
  • Chris Baldick defines a stock character as a stereotyped figure recognized from repeated appearances in a literary or folk tradition and lists the absent-minded professor among the standard examples.

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