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476 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198606826
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 12 July 2001
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 ...
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476 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780198606826
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 12 July 2001
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 ...