Ruffner's Allusions Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: a Thematic Dictionary |
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| Author:
| Ruffner, Frederick G.
Urdang, Laurence |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7808-1170-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $132.00 |
Book Description:
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Widely known to professional researchers, writers, and editors, Ruffner's Allusions is a thematic dictionary that traces the cultural, literary, religious, and historical allusions found in the works of Shakespeare; the Bible and other religious texts; Greek mythology; American, European, and Eastern legends; and in music, the arts, business, comics, movies, radio, and television. Now in paperback for the first time, this new edition contains 3,500 new entries--making a...
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Widely known to professional researchers, writers, and editors, Ruffner's Allusions is a thematic dictionary that traces the cultural, literary, religious, and historical allusions found in the works of Shakespeare; the Bible and other religious texts; Greek mythology; American, European, and Eastern legends; and in music, the arts, business, comics, movies, radio, and television. Now in paperback for the first time, this new edition contains 3,500 new entries--making a grand total of 13,000 allusion entries divided into 730 thematic categories--and will be a helpful, authoritative resource for students and general readers interested in understanding the meaning of the many allusions found in everyday reading and speech.