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465 pages • first pub 2001 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780198600312
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: Not specified
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Allusions form a colourful extension to the English language, drawing on our collective knowledge of literature, mythology, and the Bible to give us a literary shorthand for describing people, places, and events. So a miser is a Scrooge, a strong ...
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465 pages • first pub 2001 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780198600312
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Allusions form a colourful extension to the English language, drawing on our collective knowledge of literature, mythology, and the Bible to give us a literary shorthand for describing people, places, and events. So a miser is a Scrooge, a strong ...