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The Oxford dictionary of literary quotations
By Kemp, Peter Kemp
- ISBN
- 978-0-19866-281-5
- Publisher
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2004
Celebrating over 3000 years of writing, this expanded edition is chock-full of literary gems. Open it anywhere, and vignettes of literary life in different eras spring into view. The book contains 4000-plus quotes, 20 percent of them new; readers will find an impressive selection of writers ranging from familiar favorites like Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Frost to lesser-known authors like dramatist Michael Frayn and Scottish novelist Margaret Oliphant. Kemp,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
