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THE OXFORD
DICTIONARY OF
ALLUSIONS
www.oup.com £15.99 RRP $25.00 USA
Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock are all freelance lexicographers with many years experience in writing dictionaries and other reference works. Between them they have worked on a wide range of books including dictionaries for adults, children, and those learning English as a foreign language. This book grew out of their shared interest in the subject of allusions.
Jacket illustration: Echo and Narcissus, 1903, by John William Waterhouse, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool/Bridgeman Art Library. Board of Trustees: National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside.
Classic dictionaries from Oxford:
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF PHRASE & FABLE Edited by Elizabeth Knowles
A major reference work, diis book provides a wealth of fascinating and informative background detail for over 20,000 phrases used in English today. From Barbie doll to the seven-league boots, this highly browsable/>o«m of terms includes entries from a broad range of topics, from classical mythology, history, religion, folk customs, popular culture, science and technology, and many more.
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS 5th edition }• . Edited by Elizabeth Knowles
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Acclaimed for its broad and authoritative coverage, this major new edition contains 20,000 quotations and a new thematic index. New sections bring together Advertising slogans, Epitaphs, Film lines, Misquotations, and other special categories, such as Catchphrases, Opening lines, and Political slogans and songs. 'Invaluable'
The Times
The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions
The Oxford Dictionary of
Allusions
Andrew Delahunty Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY P R E S S
OXTORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by... [continues]
THE OXFORD
DICTIONARY OF
ALLUSIONS
www.oup.com £15.99 RRP $25.00 USA
Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock are all freelance lexicographers with many years experience in writing dictionaries and other reference works. Between them they have worked on a wide range of books including dictionaries for adults, children, and those learning English as a foreign language. This book grew out of their shared interest in the subject of allusions.
Jacket illustration: Echo and Narcissus, 1903, by John William Waterhouse, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool/Bridgeman Art Library. Board of Trustees: National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside.
Classic dictionaries from Oxford:
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF PHRASE & FABLE Edited by Elizabeth Knowles
A major reference work, diis book provides a wealth of fascinating and informative background detail for over 20,000 phrases used in English today. From Barbie doll to the seven-league boots, this highly browsable/>o«m of terms includes entries from a broad range of topics, from classical mythology, history, religion, folk customs, popular culture, science and technology, and many more.
THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS 5th edition }• . Edited by Elizabeth Knowles
\
Acclaimed for its broad and authoritative coverage, this major new edition contains 20,000 quotations and a new thematic index. New sections bring together Advertising slogans, Epitaphs, Film lines, Misquotations, and other special categories, such as Catchphrases, Opening lines, and Political slogans and songs. 'Invaluable'
The Times
The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions
The Oxford Dictionary of
Allusions
Andrew Delahunty Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock
OXFORD
UNIVERSITY P R E S S
OXTORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by... [continues]
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