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- Book Title
- The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations
- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198600569
ISBN-13
9780198600565
eBay Product ID (ePID)
719502
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
498 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations
Subject
Quotations, Reference, Literary
Publication Year
1998
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Reference, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
33.7 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
97-010181
Dewey Edition
22
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"We have waited a long time for The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations and it will be as welcome to the general reader as to writers, who will find here material for use as well as for entertainment and enlightenment.... Peter Kemp...brings to his task a wide knowledge and appreciation of literature both old and contemporary...the area to be mined is incredibly wide."-- The Sunday Times, "We have waited a long time forThe Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotationsand it will be as welcome to the general reader as to writers, who will find here material for use as well as for entertainment and enlightenment.... Peter Kemp...brings to his task a wide knowledge and appreciation of literature both old and contemporary...the area to be mined is incredibly wide."--The Sunday Times
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
808.88/2
Intended Audience
Trade
Table Of Content
Prelims (Consultant Editor's Introduction, User Guide, List of Thematic Categories); Main text (divided into two sections - The Writer's World & Writers & their Works); Indexes (arranged by keyword & author)
Synopsis
Here is a delightful and instructive compendium of the most memorable utterances of the world's most quotable writers. The Oxford Book of Literary Quotations covers all aspects of the literary life, from careful assessments of the relative value of literature ("The world must be all fucked up when men travel first class and literature goes as freight," Gabriel Garcia Marquez) to the modest wish for an attentive audience ("The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole LIFE to reading my works," James Joyce) to appreciative remarks about their fellow writers ("Gertrude Stein and me are just like brothers," Ernest Hemingway), to reflections on the thrill of publishing ("Being published by the Oxford University Press is rather like being married to a duchess: the honour is almost greater than the pleasure," G.M. Young), and much, much more. Celebrating over 3,000 years of writing, the dictionary's 4,000 quotations are arranged thematically, allowing the reader to dip easily into a chosen topic. Within each topic, the entries are arranged chronologically by author. So, for the section of Earning a Living, we begin with Horace, writing in the first century B.C. and end with A. S. Byatt, writing in 1995. Full keyword and author indexes ensure that a favorite quotation or author can be located quickly. From Drink and Drugs to Writer's Block, from Love to Literary Theory, from Admiration and Praise to Rivalry and Rejection, The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations brings us the wittiest, most profound, most surprising, and most memorable words of the world's greatest writers on all aspects of their lives and work.
LC Classification Number
PN6081.O89 1997
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