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Author: Sylvia Cole Publisher: Fawcett ISBN: 9780449147436 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 324
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A one-of-a-kind dictionary that offers a fascinating review of modern-day art, science, sports, politics, and popular culture and includes precise information on the origin and use of words and expressions heard every day on TV, in movies, newspapers, and conversations. (Often a Bridesmaid but Never a Bride first appeared in a mouthwash ad.
Author: Sylvia Cole Publisher: Fawcett ISBN: 9780449147436 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
A one-of-a-kind dictionary that offers a fascinating review of modern-day art, science, sports, politics, and popular culture and includes precise information on the origin and use of words and expressions heard every day on TV, in movies, newspapers, and conversations. (Often a Bridesmaid but Never a Bride first appeared in a mouthwash ad.
Author: Elizabeth Webber Publisher: Merriam-Webster ISBN: 9780877796282 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 614
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A guide to references commonly used in speech and writing. Explains more than 900 allusions. Entries include examples from todays leading media. A must for serious readers, language lovers, and ESL students.
Author: Paul Lennon Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 3110197332 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 312
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This corpus-based study of allusions in the British press shows the range of targets journalists allude to - from Shakespeare to TV soaps, from Jane Austen to Hillary Clinton, from hymns to nursery rhymes, proverbs and riddles. It analyzes the linguistic forms allusions take and demonstrates how allusions function meaningfully in discourse. It explores the nature of the background cultural and intertextual knowledge allusions demand of readers and sets out the processing stages involved in understanding an allusion. Allusion is integrated into existing theories of indirect language and linked to idioms, word-play and metaphor.
Author: Andrew Delahunty Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199567468 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 418
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Allusions are a marvelous literary shorthand. A miser is a Scrooge, a strong man a Samson, a beautiful woman a modern-day Helen of Troy. From classical mythology to modern movies and TV shows, this revised and updated third edition explains the meanings of more than 2,000 allusions in use in modern English, from Abaddon to Zorro, Tartarus to Tarzan, and Rambo to Rubens. Based on an extensive reading program that has identified the most commonly used allusions, this fascinating volume includes numerous quotations to illustrate usage, drawn from sources ranging from Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens to Bridget Jones's Diary. In addition, the dictionary includes a useful thematic index, so that readers not only can look up Medea to find out how her name is used as an allusion, but also can look up the theme of "Revenge" and find, alongside Medea, entries for other figures used to allude to revenge, such as The Furies or The Count of Monte Cristo. Hailed by Library Journal as "wonderfully conceived and extraordinarily useful," this superb reference--now available in paperback--will appeal to anyone who enjoys language in all its variety. It is especially useful for students and writers.
Author: Martin H. Manser Publisher: Infobase Publishing ISBN: 0816048681 Category : Allusions Languages : en Pages : 465
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This indispensable work is a comprehensive resource offering abundant information that students and general readers of all ages will find clear and to the point. A useful companion to The Facts On File Dictionary of Cultural and Historical Allusions explains the meanings and origins of allusions from the Bible and classical mythology, including Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, and Egyptian. It features approximately 2,000 entries, from Abelard and Heloise to Zeus. It covers biblical and mythological figures (Narcissus, Athena, Daniel), places (Mount Olympus, Gesthemane, Elysian Fields), key concepts (doomsday, utopia), and other references with biblical and mythological origins (judgment of Solomon, salt of the earth, patience of Job, labors of Hercules). It also includes a pronunciation key for difficult words or terms; examples of usage; and extensive cross-references.
Author: Sylvia Cole Publisher: ISBN: 9780816040575 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 470
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Explains more than 1,500 words and expressions from literature, art, history, politics, sports, film, and popular culture, which have transcended their original meanings to refer to other attributes or circumstances.
Author: New York Public Library Publisher: ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 792
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This is the first one-volume reference book to organize & discuss literature by topic rather than alphabetical order, providing information in a reader-friendly format.
Author: Sean Griffin Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814731228 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 321
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The Walt Disney company is the brand name of conservative American family values, but also has a long and complex history with the gay and lesbian community. This text examines that relationship from the 1930s up to the 1990s.
Author: Sylvia Cole
Author: Sylvia Cole
Author: Sylvia Cole
Author: Elizabeth Webber
Author: Sylvia Cole
Author: Paul Lennon
Author: Andrew Delahunty
Author: Martin H. Manser
Author: Sylvia Cole
Author: New York Public Library
Author: Sean Griffin