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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100198600569
ISBN-139780198600565
eBay Product ID (ePID)719502

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Number of Pages498 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations
SubjectQuotations, Référence, Literary
Publication Year1998
TypeNot Available
AuthorPeter Kemp
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Référence, Biography & Autobiography
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight33.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in

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LCCN97-010181
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"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
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal808.88/2
Intended AudienceTrade
Table Of ContentPrelims (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)
SynopsisHere 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 NumberPN6081.O89 1997

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