Author: Jonathon GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Cassell Dictionary of Insulting Quotations
Author: Jonathon GreenThe Words of Others
Author: Gary Saul MorsonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300167474
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
In this lively gambol through the history of quotations and quotation books, Gary Saul Morson traces our enduring fascination with the words of others. Ranging from the remote past to the present, he explores the formation, development, and significance of quotations, while exploring the "verbal museums" in which they have been collected and displayed--commonplace books, treasuries, and anthologies. In his trademark clear, witty, and provocative style, Morson invites readers to share his delight in the shortest literary genre. The author defines what makes a quote quotable, as well as the (unexpected) differences between quotation and misquotation. He describes how quotations form, transform, and may eventually become idioms. How much of language itself is the residue of former quotations? Weaving in hundreds of intriguing quotations, common and unusual, Morson explores how the words of others constitute essential elements in the formation of a culture and of the self within that culture. In so doing, he provides a demonstration of that very process, captured in the pages of this extraordinary new book.
Maledicta
Author: Reinhold AmanHOW TO DOUBLE THE MEANING OF LIFE
Author: AnilPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462871208
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Feast on this twisted Word Play in Five Acts by a psycho linguist ‘wordo’ who offers you a corny-copia of off the wall humor, featuring cartoons, gags, puns and other word play. It’s a fey mix of dumb to sophisticated silliness and provocative satire (environmental, political, social and religious) for thoughtful but twist-loving readers. The acts encompass different styles of word play, each with a special twist or formula, mostly organized dictionary-like within each chapter. Styles of humor include daffynitions, confusions say, newords, sounds alike fun, spoonerisms, name droppings, anagrams, palindromes, word ladders, rebuses, book titles, light verse, neo-truisms, idiom abuse, half-asked questions, jokes and one-liners.
The Little Book of Insults
Author: Rosanna KellyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780752531717
Category : Invective
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Cassell Dictionary of Cynical Quotations
Author: Jonathon GreenSubject Guide to Books in Print
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 3310
Book Description
Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotations
Author: Robert AndrewsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose ArnyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1384
Book Description
Dictionary of Cynical Quotations
Author: CassellPublisher:
ISBN: 9780304349265
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description