Oxford Dictionary Of Literary Quotations

Author: Peter Kemp

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Price : $30.00 AUD
ISBN : 9780198662815
Publisher : Oxford University Press
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Weight (g) : 0.89
Publication date : 23 October 2003
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Peter Kemp
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Edition : 2nd Revised edition
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Dewey classification : 808.882
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Pages : 510
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This new expanded edition of Peter Kemp's collection illuminates the world of the writer, from classical literature to crime fiction and from the quill to the PC. Organized by subject, it includes topics ranging from Tools of the Trade and Writer's Block to Ghost Stories and Critics.

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"Celebrating over 3000 years of writing, this expanded edition is chock-full of literary gems. Open it anywhere, and vignettes of literary life in different eras spring into view....Recommended."--Library Journal

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION; INTRODUCTION TO FIRST EDITION; HOW TO USE THE DICTIONARY; LIST OF THEMES; DICTIONARY; AUTHOR INDEX; KEYWORD INDEX