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Publisher: The S. S. Scranton Co.Publication date: 1909Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Ever need a fact or quotation relating to literature and art? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this book represents the largest compilation of anything relating to "literature and art," with a linguistic emphasis on non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in many unexpected examples for literature and art, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org). ... Read more

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Ever need a fact or quotation relating to literature and science? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this book represents the largest compilation of anything relating to "literature and science," with a linguistic emphasis on non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in many unexpected examples for literature and science, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org). ... Read more

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Ever need a fact or quotation on literature? Designed for speechwriters, journalists, writers, researchers, students, professors, teachers, historians, academics, scrapbookers, trivia buffs and word lovers, this is the largest book ever created for this single word. It represents a compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on anything relating to the term "literature," including non-conventional usage and alternative meanings which capture ambiguities. The entries cover all parts of speech (noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This "data dump" results in many unexpected examples for literature, since the editorial decision to include or exclude terms is purely a linguistic process. The resulting entries are used under license or with permission, used under "fair use" conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster's Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org). ... Read more

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This collection of wonderful quotations is a gem of discerning wisdom, beautiful thoughts, and astute wit gleaned from the writing of famous children's literature writers of the past, including Douglas Adams, Aesop, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Enid Bagnold, J. M. Barrie, L. Frank Baum, Arna Bontemps, John Bunyan, Anthony Burgess, Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Mary Mapes Dodge, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, T. S. Eliot, Oliver Goldsmith, Kenneth Grahame, Graham Greene, Joel Chandler Harris, Langston Hughes, Thomas Hughes, Charles Kingsley, Rudyard Kipling, C. S. Lewis, Jack London, Andre Maurois, Ouida, Beatrix Potter, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Carl Sandburg, Dr. Seuss, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jonathan Swift, James Thurber, J.R.R. Tolkien, P. L. Travers, Julian Tuwim, Mark Twain, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, E. B. White, and Oscar Wilde.
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We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing while others judge us by what we have already done.-LONGFELLOW.' (Excerpt)k ... Read more

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Poorly written and organized, erased it.
Though marketed like a reference piece, this e-book lacks in historical reference and is more of a personal commentary from the author.I erased it. ... Read more

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Great help!!
My daughter looked at several sights before checking Amazon.Once again, you all came through.We are very happy with our experience.

If Shakespeare is your thing...
We used this book at a recent Shakespeare Theater class taken at SUU in Cedar City and it was extremely informative.Even small words are referenced and cross referenced in this lexicon.The book not only gives definitions, but references any play or poem in which a given words is found.I recommend it (and its companion) highly, even for Shakespeare "experts"!

Half Full or Half Empty?
Offered as a companion to the Crystals' Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary & Language Companion, The Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary (with the subtitled advertisement "Every word defined and located, more than 50,000 quotations identified") proves useful up to a point, that is, the letter M. My expecting the whole alphabet was naive, I guess, in this era of computer generated offers. RW

defective edition
Do not order this book.There is a defect in the run of this edition.I ordered, discovered the defect, returned for a replacement, and the replacement had the same defect.It skips at least half of the "b's", jumping about 60 pages, then continues for about 30-40 pages, and repeats the same 30-40 pages again before continuing with the rest of the book.

Unequalled
Showing definitions of every single word used in the works fo Shakespeare, it also shows where they are used throughout the works. A glossary and concordance in one! A must-have for any student, actor, director, or anyone else needing guidance. ... Read more

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Here is a delightful and instructive compendium of the most memorable utterances of the world's most quotable writers.The Oxford Book of Literary Quotations covers all aspects of the literary life, from careful assessments of the relative value of literature ("The world must be all fucked up when men travel first class and literature goes as freight," Gabriel Garcia Marquez) to the modest wish for an attentive audience ("The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole LIFE to reading my works," James Joyce) to appreciative remarks about their fellow writers ("Gertrude Stein and me are just like brothers," Ernest Hemingway), to reflections on the thrill of publishing ("Being published by the Oxford University Press is rather like being married to a duchess: the honour is almost greater than the pleasure," G.M. Young), and much, much more.

Celebrating over 3,000 years of writing, the dictionary's 4,000 quotations are arranged thematically, allowing the reader to dip easily into a chosen topic. Within each topic, the entries are arranged chronologically by author. So, for the section of Earning a Living, we begin with Horace, writing in the first century B.C. and end with A. S. Byatt, writing in 1995. Full keyword and author indexes ensure that a favorite quotation or author can be located quickly. From Drink and Drugs to Writer's Block, from Love to Literary Theory, from Admiration and Praise to Rivalry and Rejection, The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations brings us the wittiest, most profound, most surprising, and most memorable words of the world's greatest writers on all aspects of their lives and work. ... Read more

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Very Educational
I found this book exceptionally educational and inviting.I recommend this book to any English major interested in literary quotations.The book is organized, concise and easy to follow.This purchase was well worth it! ... Read more

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