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With its entries organized both by person and theme, this is collection of more than 6000 quotations drawn from a wide range of sources, such as literature, films, modern political speeches, song lyrics and advertising slogans, and dating from ancient times to the present.
Provides coverage of literary and historical quotations. An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans, offers further topics of interest.
A dictionary of quotations set out by category - over 700 in all, which include universal themes such as love, death and money, themes of current interest such as health, pollution and pop and different types of quotations such as limericks, epitaphs, last words and repartee. Each quotation includes its date and a brief biography of the author and a cross-reference if applicable. The book includes a key word index, full biographical listing of each person quoted and extensive cross-references between categories.
Now based on the highly acclaimed fifth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations , this new edition maintains its extensive coverage of literary and historical quotations, and contains completely up-to-date material. A fascinating read and an essential reference tool, it contains over9,000 quotations from nearly 2,000 authors. DT The most authoritative paperback dictionary of quotations available DT Quotations from classic literary and historical sources, as well as from today's influential literary and cultural figures DT Easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors DT Appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans 'When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London' Bette Midler 'A slave's condition; not to say what one thinks' Euripides