The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations (Oxford Quick Reference)

Kemp, Peter [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0192800906 / ISBN 13: 9780192800909

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2000

Beschreibung

A very clean and straight copy. Clean text and an uncreased spine. 479 pp.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 240309016

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations (Oxford Quick Reference)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0192800906
• ISBN-13: 9780192800909
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Clean & Unmarked

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Inhaltsangabe

Containing 4000 of the most memorized and cited literary quotations and encompassing the whole spectrum from the strictly literal to the more popular genres, this dictionary is suitable as a reference work or as a general read. Quotations are thematically arranged, and divided into two main sections, "The Writer's World" and "Writers and their Works". Topics range from alcohol, fame, and inspiration to travel, censorship, and science fiction.

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