The Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Quotations (Oxford Paperback Reference)

ISBN 10: 0199547467 / ISBN 13: 9780199547463

Published by Oxford University Press, 2008

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR003308581

Synopsis:

Containing more than 5,000 quotations from authors as diverse as Bertolt Brecht, George W. Bush, Homer Simpson, Carl Sagan, William Shatner, and Desmond Tutu, this dictionary is organized alphabetically by author, with generous cross-referencing and keyword and thematic indexes. This new edition features more than 500 new quotations and 187 new authors. Gathered here are literary figures such as Italo Calvino, J. M. Coetzee, and Toni Morrison; politicians ranging from Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to Rudy Giuliani and Bill Clinton; entertainers such as Halle Berry and Jerry Seinfeld; and star athletes such as David Beckham and Serena Williams. The book includes special sections featuring quotations from cartoons, films, political slogans, famous last words, misquotations, newspaper headlines and more. Finally, this edition boasts a new and unique selection process, using the largest ongoing language research program in the world, the Oxford English Corpus, to ensure that all the most popular and widely-used quotations are here. Spanning a century and stretching from the deeply serious to the frivolous and surreal, The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations is a vital part of anyone's reference shelf.

About the Author: Elizabeth Knowles is the editor of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and has been Managing Editor of Oxford Quotations Dictionaries since 1993. A historical lexicographer, she previously worked for ten years on the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Oxford Dictionary Of Modern Quotations (...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 3rd Edition